Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England. After more than six years of
internal wrangling, English Heritage have finally, decided on
the best way to fix the mighty Sibury Hill - Britain's largest
ancient mound, 4,000 years old. Silbury is one of Britain's most
enigmatic structures, like Stonehenge, it is the only structure
like it in Britain and so far archaeologists have been unable to
suggest a purpose for its construction during the Bronze Age. It
is this enigmatic quality that in many ways has been its
undoing; About thirty years ago, Archaeologist Atkinson in
conjunction with the BBC tunnelled in to the hill but failed to
properly sure up the tunnels at the end of the investigation. In
2000 these tunnels started collapsing, causing the hill to
subside and raising fears of a major collapse. At the time
English Heritage closed the hill to public access and asked for
urgent funds for the hills repair. Yet six years on, English
Heritage, have finally announced that they have chose a method
and a contractor; Skanska