Silbury Hill
Silbury Hill
It was a worldwide phenomenon during prehistoric times to bury there dead in mounds, buried with all there worldly possessions. However it was believed that the pagan burial grounds where cursed and that the afflicted would rise again to take revenge on those who disturbed there sleep. Silbury Hill is the biggest burial mound in europe. Got to make you wonder what’s under there.
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Ghost Hunt at Silbury Hill
Ghost Hunting At Silbury Hill
Silbury Hill is one of England’s most haunting location, it is the largest prehistoric man made mound. Tho its true purpose is still a mystery. Surrounded by myth and legend’s, one of them states that an ancient king astride his golden horse lies inside, some people tool it so seriously that they have tried to excavate. Tho they haven’t found the golden man yet, they have found artifacts from the stone age and even roman pottery.
The Hill
The Hill itself has been subject to countless archeological digs, Silbury hill stands as a monumental myth, something like Stonehenge. Nobody knows how it was built or why it was there, only that in the age it was built it should have taken millions of man hours. Yes millions ! Nobody knows how it came to be, but there are theories. Some demonic in nature.
There are a number of apparitions seen around the Hill, one is that of a man riding around the hill on a black horse in the dead of night, only to disappear when he rides around the corner. Another spirit seen regularly is that of a headless man wandering upon top of the hill, walking aimlessly in circles.
Perhaps the strangest story is when an off duty police officer was out for a walk in the surrounding country, when he saw three strangely tall men with white blonde hair and white long coats pacing around a freshly formed crop circle. Tho Aliens is not something we report upon because we iz all about dem ghosty’s, this does still register as something paranormal.
The Tunnels
There are 4 tunnels that have been excavated over the years by men who took the legend’s a little to seriously. Nothing has yet been found of any significance to support the theories, but there does seem to be something dark down there. The legend goes that when the graves of prehistoric are disturbed that the spirits rise up to haunt the land. This is how you hear of severe hauntings after a pagan burial ground is dug up.
There is a dark shadow that darts in and out of view in the tunnels, and in this claustrophobic space it is terrifying. There are reports of people having incredible difficult breathing, like there breath stops going in. People have been pushed and pulled, scratched and what even looks like bite marks.
Not a single paranormal investigation has been conducted in or on Silbury Hill so we can only imagine what kind of activity would occur if someone was to use our provocation methods. Be cautious if attempting this, in deep dark places with something like that down there, it can play with your mind. Not a location for the weak hearted or amuteur investigator.
Ghosts of Silbury Hill
Ghosts of Silbury Hill
. King Sil
. Headless Man
. Shadowy Figure
Its logical to presume that with a structure of this age, it has seen many of Britain’s different civilizations. All different manner of people, with all different ideas on why Silbury Hill is there. A site of religious worship, a place of storage or used in tribal executions. Or why not all of them.
King Sil
One theory states that this site is a pagan burial ground for an ancient king. It was customary in those times to bury your dead within earthen mounds, the bigger the mound, the more important the dead inside. Much like the egyptians there would be buried with all there earthly possessions. So ofcourse this attracted a fair number of treasure hunters all of whom have tunneled there way through Silbury Hill. However nothing to support the theory of King Sil is yet to be found. But there have been artifacts found from both the roman and stonage eras.
Im sure you have heard the stories of disturbing pagan burial grounds. You see it in movies and in particularly good episodes of various ghost hunting programs. But if we look into previous cases of severe hauntings such as The Ancient Ram Inn and The Bell Witch, apart from them being steeped in a history of dark magic or pagan worship. The connecting factor is that they where both built upon disturbed pagan burial grounds and it would seem the spirits have arose with a fury. The Man riding around the hill on his horse could well be King Sil, however it could be any person with a connection to the hill and who owned a horse. But the dark entity that lurks within the tunnels is i think proof that something has been disturbed here. And whatever it is, its not all to fond of the living.
The Headless Man
The Headless man is somewhat of a mystery. The Hill was used as barracks for roman soldiers during there fight against the brits, but also it could have easily been used in some manner or pagan worship or witchcraft. Regardless of how he lost his head, The Headless Man is the most sighted ghost upon Silbury Hill.
It does seem that Silbury Hill’s true purpose will remain a mystery for some years longer. This giant earthen mound stands as a proud site in britain, boasting our heritage and ancestry skills. A incredible site to behold, unless ofcourse there’s a man with no head running around on top.
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HISTORY OF SILBURY HILL
Silbury Hill is the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe. Probably built over a short period between about 2470 and 2350 BC, it is one of the most intriguing monuments in the prehistoric landscape of the Avebury World Heritage Site. We do not know its purpose, or its meaning for the late Neolithic people who built it, but its enduring presence in the landscape has inspired myths and legends as people have sought to explain its purpose.
ORIGINS AND CONSTRUCTION
Silbury Hill stands 30 metres high and 160 metres wide, and its construction is estimated to have involved about 4 million man hours of work. Half a million tonnes of material, mostly chalk, were used to create it.
The monument we see today was not conceived and built in a single campaign, but enlarged over several generations. Perhaps different people brought soil and chalk from their own neighbouring lands, bringing communities together. Over time, the project became more ambitious, with huge quantities of chalk dug from the surrounding ditch to build the mound.
First, people stripped the topsoil and stones from the ground. Then a small mound of gravel a little less than 1 metre high was built, with material perhaps brought from the nearby river Kennet.
At some later stage, a ring of stakes was set out to define a larger area, 16 metres in diameter, into which basketloads of mud and dark soils were tipped. Smaller heaps were constructed nearby and some pits, probably relating to ceremonial activity, were dug into the central mound.
People continued to add soil and turf and even boulders, creating a mound 35 metres in diameter and about 5 metres high. A massive enclosing ditch with an internal bank was then dug, 100 metres in diameter. It was backfilled and re-cut a number of times.
A series of chalk banks were added to the mound, increasing its size and back-filling the ditch. A second enormous water-filled ditch and rectangular extension were dug beyond it, leaving space for the chalk mound to be further enlarged.
THE NEOLITHIC LANDSCAPE
No one knows why Silbury Hill was built, but we do know that it was during a time of great change, when new forms of pottery, new burial rites and the first metal-working arrived in Britain. It must have been a special place, where people gathered for events and episodes of building.
This period saw intense building activity in the Avebury area, when hundreds of people came together to construct a variety of monuments. As well as Silbury Hill, Avebury henge, together with its stone circles and avenues, was built at this time. Two large oval enclosures at West Kennet were also built out of massive timber posts, which now only survive as buried remains.
These monuments, including Silbury Hill, now form the core of the Avebury World Heritage Site.
ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL USE
The story of Silbury Hill does not end in prehistory. A recent geophysical survey has shown that the Romans chose to build a road and an extensive settlement around the foot of the mound.
In the early medieval period, the top of the hill was probably flattened and some sort of defensive structure may have been placed on the summit.
AN UNFORTUNATE LEGACY
This intriguing mound has long been an archaeological enigma. No doubt spurred on by stories of rich burials, antiquarians and archaeologists have dug at least three separate tunnels into the centre.
In 1776 Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland, financially supported an excavation by Edward Drax, who directed a group of miners to dig a vertical shaft from the summit to the centre of the hill. They failed to find the central burial they had expected.
Later, in 1849, John Merewether, the dean of Hereford, oversaw the excavation of a horizontal tunnel into hill. Again, no central burial was discovered but organic remains including decayed moss and turf were found.
Professor Richard Atkinson led a third major investigation between 1968 and 1970. Sponsored by the BBC, it was the first excavation to be televised as it progressed. Atkinson excavated another tunnel on a similar line to Merewether’s and identified three phases of construction.
Not one of these tunnels was fully backfilled, leaving an unfortunate legacy. In May 2000 the full consequence of this was made clear when a 14-metre deep crater opened on the summit. Further survey showed that the tunnels inside were collapsing. The crater was temporarily filled with polystyrene, but clearly something more permanent had to be done to stabilise the hill.
The collapse prompted a new phase of research on the hill, including various forms of non-invasive survey, seismic survey and limited excavation.