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Extract from Southern Circular Crop Circles,
aka Southern Circular Research,
aka Southern Channelers And Mystics?
From: http://www.swirlednews.com/article.asp?artID=66
THE FOURTH INCONGRUITY - SILBURY HILL
The Fourth Incongruity is the Silbury Hill
collapse. When the 1726 shaft opened up in May last year,
ED: 1776/7 actualy. Even the basic facts in this piece are flawed
and I can't be bothered with it,
read on if your bored stupid.
it was possible to see this as an uncorking of the
mysterious earth energy that the hill seems to
represent and contain. The unfolding of the 2000
season, the repeated sightings of lights and
luminosities and (for me, at least) the reiteration
of specific numerological references around the hill
supported this view. Of course, for English
Heritage, the nominal caretakers of the monument since
it was donated to the nation by Lord Avebury, all
this was crankiness and not worthy of the slightest
attention. For them, the opening of the shaft was
simply the mechanical and entirely explicable
result of an unusually wet spring. Why then did
they do nothing about it? True, they acted promptly
to keep people away in the manner of government and
public agencies. Totally ineffectual guards
were posted in a small van at the base of the hill
to read the papers and smoke for an hour or two, a
high wire fence was constructed around the top and
a metal lid was built to cover the hole. English
Heritage then went into interminable conference
with an assortment of historians, curators,
archaeologists and engineers. Early in December,
the shaft collapsed inwards from the side and
since then it has continued to do so. The result is
that a vertical hole, about eight feet in diameter
and exactly 33 feet deep has eroded further. Soon
the area of collapse was bigger than the metal lid,
which had to be removed, and a gigantic, unstable
bowl was formed at the top of this noble
monument. This acts as an efficient funnel to
collect rainfall, which it then focuses to saturate the
heart of the hill. The size of the crater is such
that it is now approaching the edge of the top and
threatens to transform the profile forever. Even
the local paper, the normally staid Gazette and
Herald, has expressed its anxiety. English Heritage
continues to sit, and whinge, and watch!
This seems to be the worst kind of vandalism by
neglect. Silbury Hill will preside wounded over the
coming season.
