Monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village, Wiltshire, England, UK

Diary of a dean : being an account of the examination of Silbury hill, and of various barrows and other earthworks on the downs of North Wilts, opened and investigated in the months of July and August 1849 / by the late John Merewether.

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