[Stones] Silbury time capsule

[Andy Burnham]

I got some Silbury photos from Skanska Civil Engineering, link posted
below. These are from June before the weather turned. I was surprised to
see what a big civil engineering operation it is.
Bearing in mind the sharp end of the work is underground and probably
not requiring the big diggers at this stage you might not see any action
from outside.
Andy

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Ric wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i visted Silbury Hill on Sunday afternoon [19 August
> 07], it was bedraggled with construction site
> equipment (inert), workers' portacabin extempore
> village (no sign of life), persistent drizzle and lots
> of chalky mud everywhere; the catepillar diggers have
> left a wide muddy track all the way round one side of
> Silbury; there is a forlorn visitors' information
> point, roadside of the hill, with a flimsy sign fixed
> to the fence, fluttering in the grey breeze. there are
> neither visitors nor experts in bright yellow, hard
> hats, enthusiastically disseminating words of wisdom:
> the spot is entirely vacant. above the tunnel entrance
> is marked out - in blue rope - the shape of a long
> subsidence, running up the hill, directly over the
> tunnel. before the ominous-looking, shuttered entrance
> to the re-opened tunnel stands a motionless mechanical
> digger, apparently abandoned? the entire site is
> eerily silent and resembles more the messy aftermath
> to some awful catastrophe, rather than the sprightly
> prospect of an efficient EH project, so deftly filmed
> for PR posterity several years ago, when the initial
> steps were being taken to stabilise the hill, and
> ultimately restore it? where are the cameras,
> state-of-art technology, helicopters, snappy press
> releases, smart presenters and television experts now?
> what is happening at Silbury? what is happening to
> Silbury?!
>
> :(
>
> Ric
>
> ps. i wrote to Eric/Lord Avebury - he advises everyone
> concerned to write, phone or email English Heritage to
> object to their plan to bury a 'time capsule' inside
> Silbury Hill.
>
>
> --- NIGELSWIFT at aol.com wrote:
>
>   
>> My assumption the lintel isn't supporting anything
>> is based on the fact it  
>> is so close to the surface.
>>  
>> I agree "to what point in time do you restore things
>> to" has no real  answer. 
>> But we can all agree some things are inappropriate
>> can't we? The lintel  is 
>> hardly a marginal case. And of course, is some
>> things are so modern we all  
>> agree they have no place there, how much more
>> perverse and irrational is it to  
>> contemplating putting something brand new IN there!
>> Who would dream of doing  
>> that? Oh, the government's statutory advisor on
>> heritage  would!
>>     
>
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