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Silbury Hill

American  
[sil-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈsɪlˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

  1. the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.


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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

The great naturalist is revealing a little-known side of himself: his love of archaeology – and his fascination with Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.

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

They must have made Silbury Hill long before 2000 B.C.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)