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Published Date: 11 March 2007
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered evidence of a Roman settlement at the base of a man-made hill built 3,000 years before they arrived.
New data reveals that a Roman community dwelt on an area the size of 24 football pitches around the base of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire some 2,000 years ago.

Experts believe the 5,000-year-old hill may have been a place of pilgrimage for the Romans, possibly viewed by them as sacred.

The 130ft-high Neolithic hill is Europe's largest prehistoric monument.



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  • Last Updated: 10 March 2007 8:01 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: The Romans
 
1

lisa,

perth 11/03/2007 09:13:48

I guess the 24 football pitches were probably built in the hope of attracting the world cup, and when somebody finally realised that football hadn't been invented they turned it into a Tesco superstore with a large chariot park.

2

Cadgers,

Perth 11/03/2007 10:19:05

Lol Lisa

3

paul the binman,

11/03/2007 10:30:21

Read headlines and thought they had lost a whole city "phew"

4

Angus Og,

Scotland 11/03/2007 12:01:54

I'm very surprised.

I wouldn't have thought many could live in or near Silbury Hill.

When I went there and climbed the hill, I was struck down with immense sadness, and could not stop crying.
Most of my friends experienced feelings of gloom and depression; as soon as we were a few hundred yards away from the hill, those feelings departed and we were back to our normal happy selves.

5

paul the binman,

11/03/2007 16:15:10

I get the same feeling every monday morning as I get closer and closer to work.

6

I'm no really here,

11/03/2007 17:06:28

#4 Maybe that's why the Romans aren't there any more??

7

AJ,

Fife 12/03/2007 15:02:30

Angus,

Sounds like bad weed, man!!!!!


 

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