Setting up the compound

Setting up the compound

The first task for the team was to set up a working and living compound for the archaeologists and engineers on site at Silbury, and to create a track to the entrance into the hill.
Setting up the compoundThe entrance revealedClearing the tunnelThe tunnel leading inside SilburyCleaning the archaeologyAn ancient ground surfaceThe first mound at SilburyThe heart of the hillPreserved plantsRecording the inside of the hillSigning in/out boardNew arches for the tunnelA capsule from 1969The open craterThe filled craterExcavations at the summitSilbury Hill restored

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