Silbury Hill
Americannoun
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Silbury Hill is an amazing structure, the biggest manmade hill in Europe – an engineering feat the equivalent of the Pyramids, but in Wiltshire.
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011
Silbury Hill, an artificial man-made mound about five miles away, also dates back to 2,400 BC.
From BBC • May 31, 2011
Silbury Hill is near Avebury, a quaint English village set inside a prehistoric stone circle.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2010
The tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe, Silbury Hill rises to a height of 37 metres, making it comparable with the Egyptian pyramids and the ziggurats of Mesopotamia.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2010
The proximity of Maes Knoll is comparable with that of Silbury Hill.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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