The Day Silbury Hill Collapsed (Youtube video)

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A brief history of Silbury Hill. According to Wikipedia, "... the tallest prehistoric manmade mound in Europe and one of the largest in the world; similar in volume to contemporary Egyptian pyramids".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill

11:42 min.

The Day Silbury Hill Collapsed

Paul Whitewick
115K subscribers
May 5, 2024

Huge thanks to Amanda Chadburn, Jill Chapman, Alex Bayliss and Jim Leary for inspiration on this weeks video. This is a great start if you like a read: [see YouTube page for Amazon link]

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Usual notices:
1. We are not historians. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Errors. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:

A: Merewether is pronounced "Merri-whether", unlike my attempt!
B: Edward Drax AND The Duke of Northumberland undertook the dig in 1776. As suggested by directing miners to sink a shaft.
C: 2400 BC not 20400BC!

Credit and Thanks

Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront B-Roll
Maps: Google Maps
Maps: National Library of Scotland
Maps: OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks
Old Map: NLS - https://www.nls.uk/

All pictures: Creative Commons (listed below):

Lidar Visual: Gatis Kalniņš
Silbury Images: JohnLeBrocq
Silbury Hill: Andy Wright
Silbury Hill Internal Design Graphic: Kenny Arne Lang Antonsen
Silbury in Winter: Slowcoach12
Skanska Door way - English Heritage

Sources:

Silbury Hill Conservation Project: 2007/8 - Jim Leary
https://web.archive.org/web/20130120122945/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/conservation-projects/silbury-hill/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill
https://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/leary334/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/6645367.stm
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/silbury-hill-a-last-look-inside.htm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/chronicle--silbury-dig-the-heart-of-the-mound/zbypwty
BBC Documentary from 2011 - Presented by Mary-Ann Ochota.
https://archaeologynationaltrustsw.wordpress.com/category/lacock/

[Shellback Squid]

1. Is this a joke? no link connects to info related to this post??!?

except the youtube clip

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2. It's a Youtube video post. I'm not sure what you were expecting.

I even indicated in the title that it was a YouTube video, in case someone doesn't want to watch a YouTube video.

There is a link to the Wikipedia article, if you'd rather read that.

[Shellback Squid]

3. None of the links worked except youtube, only one that matters

[sl8]

4. Oh, the links to sources listed in the video description?

Yup, they were all broken.

Here they all are, repaired:
Silbury Hill Conservation Project: 2007/8 - Jim Leary
https://web.archive.org/web/20130120122945/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/conservation-projects/silbury-hill/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill
https://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/leary334/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/6645367.stm
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/silbury-hill-a-last-look-inside.htm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/chronicle--silbury-dig-the-heart-of-the-mound/zbypwty
BBC Documentary from 2011 - Presented by Mary-Ann Ochota.
https://archaeologynationaltrustsw.wordpress.com/category/lacock/


I didn't repair the link to the book on Amazon because I've had several posts hidden for including a link to Amazon or some other retail site. Always restored later by the admins, but still quite a pain.

[Easterncedar]

5. Really interesting

Thanks