Silbury Hill is Europe's largest man-made mound, dated to 2,500 BC. Silbury Hill is the largest man-made mound in Europe It contains internal chambers and was rebuilt from a smaller hill with layers of organic and non-organic material Researchers believe it functioned as a geodetic marker stretching across the landscape
Silbury Hill in Wiltshire is the largest man-made mound in Europe, dating to c. 2,500 BC! Researchers believe it functioned as a geodetic marker across the landscape, with internal chambers and alternating layers of organic and non-organic material. Some theorize it may have originally been a white chalk step pyramid. Nearby Malbra Mount shares its age!
Key Facts
- Silbury Hill is the largest man-made mound in Europe
- It contains internal chambers and was rebuilt from a smaller hill with layers of organic and non-organic material
- Researchers believe it functioned as a geodetic marker stretching across the landscape
- It is theorized to have originally been a circular step pyramid, white in color due to the chalk landscape
- Silbury Hill dates to approximately 2,500 BC, built after Avebury and long after West Kennet
- Malbra Mount/Merlin's Mount nearby was confirmed to be the same age as Silbury Hill through analysis, and may contain internal chambers
Related site: Silbury Hill — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
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