[Stones] Silbury time capsule

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In a message dated 28/07/2007 08:46:44 GMT Standard Time,  
andy.norfolk at connectfree.co.uk writes:

>  however the damage was done when the lintel was _inserted_.  Careful  
> removal now by expert conservators/engineers would cause little or no  
> further damage.
You don't know that!



Its a reasonable speculation though isn't it? Its near the surface and the  
lintel and the uprights and the door are serving no structural purpose other  
than supporting each other. If they disappeared all that would be left would be 
 the shape of them - which was created using spades and diggers in 1968. The  
whole tunnel is to be filled with chalk, and the slumped areas, so why not 
fill  those shapes up at the same time. We'd then be pre-1968 entirely, which is 
where  we're aiming for.
 
Anyhow, we're fiddling while Rome burns aren't we? Silbury has vastly more  
worries than that right now.



   
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