The Secrets of Silbury Hill: NEW HYPOTHESIS | Ancient Architects
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- #SilburyHill is the largest artificial mound in Europe. It is thought to have been built over a short period of time between 2,470 and 2,350 BC and is one of the most intriguing monuments in the prehistoric landscape of the #Avebury World Heritage Site in England.
To this day, nobody can say with any certainty what its purpose and significance was and why it was built in a valley. In this video, I attempt to unravel the mystery of Silbury Hill and explain why I think the origins of the mound may not be as you expect.
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very similar to Skipsea and Sandal "Castles", both worth a video, I'm surprised the Normans didn't modify Silbury for a M&B Castle
Something else I just thought of, Are the voids in the Mound a Pumphouse? I n an age when most of the time Ale was the only safe drink, control of a clean watersource must have been a valued resource then as now, combine that with the Fords in the river, was it a Toll booth too? those fields look great for a market during dry spells, then add a 30ft timber tower to the top of the mound, what's the view like from that height? enough to see the down slope of the surrounding hills and miles down the valley I bet
I really admire your work and feel that you have touched on the real truth and not just presumed that this is yet another primitive tomb I am not sure if you are familiar with the extensive studies of Alfred Watkins but i think you might find the old straight track quite enlightening The ancients did believe that natural springs were sacred and often used white chalk to mark sacred areas of great religious significance But more amazing is that ley lines underground were connected to the geophysical affects of natural phenomenon such as wells These ley lines connect almost all the stone circles and wells across Britain Worcester Cambridge Sussex and Leamington to name a few. It is a shame that the Romans built over many of these areas as i am sure other mounds may have existed in Bath or Leamington Check out Alfreds book if you can I do believe you are onto something 😊👍💕
Just a crazy thought but maybe pot bellied hill Naval of the earth etc began over these sacred springs and changed into places of much greater religious significance as climate change and other cataclysmic events lead people to fortify and revere these fountains of life 😊
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There is a very large mound only a few miles from my house here in the USA. It is called Enon Mound in Enon, Ohio. It is believed to have been built by the Adena Indians, but next to nothing is known about it. I wonder if it was actually a spring mound? There are a couple of videos on UA-cam concerning the mound, but I wish you were here to research it for your channel.
If the mound is in a flood area, then it may a safety device for the people to escape to.
I'm so glad your hypothesis had nothing to do with aliens, Atlanteans or Atlantean aliens. Silbury, Avebury and the henges have always been a fascination of mine since I was a littl'en.
Do you suppose if it involved pressure, that over time more earth was required to improve the pressure? IDK, water spring mounds is a new thing to me, research needed. Thank you for the new info!
I travelled to Avebury from Western Australia last year.
The chalk landscape is noticeably lacking in reliable sources of water.
My natural inclination would be to excavate and exploit any spring lines to exploit their fullest potential as a water source.
Could it be that Silbury hill is just a spoil tip?
The focus of effort being on maintaining the supply of water for local farmer's livestock when the Kennet ran dry?
I'd honestly have just assumed it was some type of a burial mound
Fascinating hypothesis, this is why i love your channel. You look at ancient sites from a completely different angle from the conventially accepted views. Great video and very plausable, this could explain many ancirnt sites. Neolithic Cave art was often located due to the natual shape or contour of rocks, perhaps sacred sites are all located on some natural anomaly..... most springs or wells were revered and many pagans (and later christians) built places of worship next to, or around them.
Its amazing how many comments you actually respond to. Kudos to you Matt thanks for the great knowledge.
I try and get through comments and read what people say :)
Another amazing video! I have to say, this is by far and away the best interpretation of the evidence that I have seen on this topic. I think you may have solved the enigma here, and I hope more people see your video so that you can get credit for this realization!
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Could the later building phases of the hill act as a type of filter for the water coming up from the spring to make it suitable for drinking without boiling? Would the use of earth, gravel and chalk act as a good filter for the water?
I was wondering the exact same thing about chalk as a filter.
Monty Burns - that is an intriguing thought! Perhaps!!!!
No, the gravel was a foundation and a subsurface drainage system for the mound.
I think of the structure as a vortex. Vortex processed water is thought of as molecularly smaller and more oxygenated and more easily assimilated by the blood. I hope this plant produced structured water for healing.
I never heard of spring mounds, way cool!
One word: Fascinating.
Incredible forensic archeology lessons for us all, your rational approach is intoxicating. Well done my friend.
Thank you
yep. The blind leading the blind. You ppl will believe anything a self proclaimed professional says.
@@tonybryant2908 I am sure Matt accepts well critics, new ideas and change his mind if he is wrong, but dude, you going to have to do better than just acuse without a counter argument or facts, otherwise the blind will be you, no offense from my side here.
I've looked into this... I believe the Stone Circle at Gors Fawr (Great Marsh) is part of a Super Solstice Temple... Which includes, Foel Drygarn (Summer Solstice), Bedd Arthur & Foel Cwmcerwyn (Preseli Hills). Silbury Hill I believe could be a replication of Foel Drygarn... I noticed water in the clip... Foel Drygarn is the source of the Cleddau-Ddu... I believe the ancients used the hills around Gors Fawr like a seasonal time piece too... Reference points... But also a very spiritual place as in temple...
The Bluestones at Stonehenge came from the Preseli Hills... Furthermore, the three mounds on Foel Drygarn I believe have something to do with Orion's Belt... Like the Pyramids of Giza...
Finally, as well as structures being close to the heavens, I also wonder whether the "Great Flood" had any influence, as in surviving.
That well dug in the 17 hundreds dug to the base and found a wooden pole. i think it was Gerald Massey that I read on that but it could have been an old report on archive org. It was speculated at that time that the pole was a may pole. Amazing advance. Always something revolutionary from you. Thank you.
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VERY keen to hear your thoughts on the Eye of the Sahara Matt, and the recent theory adopted by Jimmy over at Bright Insights. Please make this a video soon!!!
Hmm throw a ring around this hill and IT might be Atlantis too!
its more likely a massive electrical scar - the whole region was a blast zone running out to the coast.
Archaeologists are not geologists. My professional specialty is geoarchaeology and landscape reconstruction. If geologists have never studied Silbury and Silbaby hills then they should. The thoughts expressed in this video don't seem at all implausible.
Ten thousand years BP (before present), Great Britain was connected to the masi
Ten thousand years ago, UK was connected by land to the mainland: the Channel did not exist and part of the North Sea adjacent to Scotland was dry land (Doggerland). The Irish Sea extended inland to Glastonbury tor, and Ireland and Scotland were connected by a bridge-like feature. The shoreline of GB was far less irregular. The term 'Environmental History' is sometimes used to describe the study of past climate, hydrology, plant/animal ecology, and related natural factors. Holocene climate warmed, and it was wetter and more humid.
In 2000, Penny Spikins wrote:
"Archaeological interpretations of past societies, particularly those of past hunter-gatherer groups, have traditionally drawn heavily on evidence for past environments and environmental changes. Ironically, however, our understanding of these environments is typically far from ideal, particularly at the scale most relevant to broad settlement patterns. Limitations lie not just in the lack of evidence, but also the nature of the evidence that we have for past environments. Most notably, descriptions of environments and environmental change tend to be either very simplistic at the large scale, or detailed, but limited to small-scale local landscapes. It is thus difficult to find regional reconstructions to relate to interpretations or models of population and settlement (particularly important when considering mobile populations). The models described here have been developed in order to improve understanding of large-scale spatial changes in terrestrial vegetation. The limitations and potentials for developing models of vegetation patterns are considered, and one such model (constructed using GIS techniques) of changes in the distribution of woodland types in northern England from the Early Holocene is described."
Granted that data collection methods and strategies have improved over 18 years. Nevertheless, Spikins general assessment of GB environmental history remains valid. Over the past ten or more years greater emphasis has focused on large-scale environmental changes, and this is encouragining.
Aten2011 What a great question, I would too 👍
The Investigation and Analytical Survey of Silbury Hill by Historic England should do it. Quite a reasonable geological assessment contained therein.
@@rogerhwerner6997 I bloody love people like you,thank you for the knowledge Mr W 💚
i really love the structure of your research and videos overall. It's easy to digest but still detailed enough to separate from the more superficial science/archaeology videos on youtube.
Much respect to you for also taking the time to read actual Peer Reviewed research articles...something that Many youtuber's lack the patience to do themselves which inevitably leads to misinformed theories of their own based on rumours and personal opinions. I know all that research takes time which many viewers don't understand when they demand faster turnover of episodes (which is awesome since they are keen to see more content) but they don't always realise that channels like this shouldn't be compared to the larger ones out there that just spit out bollocks without doing thorough research to do the Topic Justice.
So I appreciate the time you put into your videos and encourage your current workflow as you are still pumping out episodes at a healthy pace and not compromising on Quality for Quantity.
Cheers again mate
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Very interesting! Really Well thought out and presented. Excellent hypothesis.
You’ve been working hard lately mate! So many videos! Fair play, but don’t get burned out!
Good point
I used to do water well drilling. When you started talking about the content materials and all the water it made me think of an Artesian water well someone had capped in the past but done a poor job, so the water kept pushing up the drill line and mounding the ground around it, but never flowed out.
Because of the gravel basalt rock in the area the water was able to flow back down.
We went in and drilled a new well almost like a Lance bursting a boil!
It very well have been a natural wellspring that became a Reservoir! It'd be interesting to get a drill team in and lay some pipe. Just to see what comes out!
The terrain does not lend itself to artesian springs. The slopes are too small to create enough head for an artesian spring with enough head to lift/force the water vertically.
Please read my hypothesis. The mound is built on hydric soils and the rock foundation is a large “French Drain” and structural foundation (distributing weight). The moat is a holding pound for the foundation drain that has a water level below the foundation and discharges into the rivers on the low end.
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When I lay pipe I know exactly what’s gonna come out
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Aren't or weren't the Roman baths at Bath fed by springs? It is only 25 miles WSW of the hill. Looking at the topography of the land ground water would flow toward Bath. The climate would have been similar in Britain during the Roman warm period. It makes sense to me that ancient Britons would have used these springs and somewhat shaped the natural landscape to serve a purpose; much like the Romans did further down the flow, possibly at a time when Silbury was inactive due to a slightly lower water table. Keep up the excellent work my friend, you have me and many others hooked to your channel.
Much love man.
Yes, the Bath springs were thermal springs - different to other natural spring locations as the water travels deeper into the crust so gets hotter.
what do you mean 'were'. the warm spring water is still there and you can go and bathe in it. thermaebathspa
Not only that but the name of the Iron Age Goddess of the Spring was recorded by the Romans. Maybe that could apply to Silbury as well if it was still important by the Iron Age.
Not really any connection to the Bath spring, which is the only hot water spring in Britain. Bath is on top of a very ancient and inactive volcano and the spring water comes up from somewhere very deep, I think that it’s source has yet to be found.
If you look at the John Aubrey/William Stukeley drawing of the landscape around Silbury Hill and Avebury, the layout of the monuments look somewhat like the female reproductive system. Avebury is the womb, Beckhampton Avenue and Kennet Avenue are the fallopian tubes, Overton Hill is one ovary and there are archeological remnants at the end of Beckhampton Avenue that could be the other ovary. The Kennet river flows towards the womb. In the old Anglo-Saxon dialects the name Kennet is the early form of our modern and taboo word C**t. Could Silbury Hill be the phallus? The life-giving water from the natural springs there being seen as enabling life.
The landscape takes on a sacred geometry if you look at the vast area as a whole, and it represents the 'Great Rite', the creation of life. Stonehenge has a similar sacred geometry if you consider the stone circle the womb and the Altar Stone the centre of it. On the summer solstice the Heel Stone (as a phallus) casts a shadow into the circle and onto the Altar Stone. This isn't usually taken much notice of as people are looking outward to see the sun above the Heel Stone. They are looking the wrong way!
I think your theory of the Silbury Spring Hill beginning as a natural feature has great merit. This, as you say, would have attracted a lot of notice and reverence. I think the additions to the mound would have been done as part of the building of the monuments to honour the "Great Rite' and apply it to the land, to bring fertility to the crops and therefore food to the table.
How interesting. I actually have an old book that claimed that the ditch and mound are a representation of the mother goddess and the mound represents the pregnant womb
@@AncientArchitects I'm trying to remember where I read about this. Thank you so much for jogging my memory; I think you're very probably on the right path! It remarkable how many paces,name derive from old names for the female and male reproductive system,it can't be mere coincidence - I'm sure the people of that time saw the landscape as very fecund and alive. Wishing you( both)a great weekend 👋✌
That assumes a level of knowledge and understanding of anatomy which the people back then could not have had.
@@PanglossDr With the greatest respect,not only can we extrapolate that the ancients were far more proficient with regard to anatomy and medicine;we also have quite a lot of evidence. Starting at the top we have proof of dental work dated to 14,000 years old found in Italy and fillings(using bitumen) on 2 front teeth dated to 13,000 years old(Newscientist 7/4/2017). We have multiple examples worldwide of trepanation successfully healed going back 7,000+BCE. At the Windover Site (Cape Canaveral,Florida,USA) we have bodies going back 6,900-8,120 years old ,the most interesting being a woman of about 50 with several broken bones which were well healed and a 15 year old boy with spina bifita, who had been obviously so well cared for,he lived to be older than some children with the same condition today and access to 'modern' medical & palliative care!). There are other plentiful examples worldwide of an ancient awareness of medical care,which implies a far greater understanding of the human body than simple anatomy. Also,please remember these people were FAR closer to the visceral world than we are today and would have dismembered animals regularly from an early age as well as seeing the inside of other humans for multiple reasons.The temples on Gozo, in which 'Venus Statues' were found and date to 3,600BCE,have been interpreted by many as representative of the female reproductive system and were definitely dedicated to Goddess worship/fertility cults as are many of the earliest structures that have thus far been discovered ; the obsession with the destruction of the goddess/fertility cults/sacred groves/serpent worship in the old testament - using it as historical record rather than a sacred text - would indicate that fertility cults(serpent = phallus ) and goddess worship thrived, pre male dominated monotheism. A great read is "When god was a Woman" by Merlin Stone 1976; after reading that alone ,with its well referenced notes will,leave you with little doubt that the ancients were well versed in the reproductive system,both male and female. There was at on time a herb,Silphium, now extinct that was used as a contraceptive dating back to old Egypt and pre Minoan Crete, if it was being used (and later recorded ) one can easily extrapolate that it was just one of many contraceptive herbs,passed down from ancient times. Just to finish - sorry for the ramble😉😀 - but,a Google search for 'evidence that Avebury Landscape represents the female reproductive system' ,will provide you with plenty of peer reviewed papers,not just "new age beliefs" that it is one of the primary interpretations of this enigmatic and beautiful landscape from a time when people were far closer to (and had far more respect for ) Mother Nature. Wishing you a good weekend and a great week.👋✌
PanglossDr They seem to have far more knowledge than we can explain
Makes sense to me. I think you are right on the money with this one. Love your videos. Keep up the great work. And Thank you.
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Very interesting video and hypothesis, which I think makes sense. I look forward to part two, keep up the great work
It's crazy enough to be true. The climate and groundwater levels have changed alot, if there was a major spring there, then it most certainly would have been a sacred site. Barrows were built to be seen, to mark territory, basically saying "here lies the ancestors" as a peoples claim to the land. The confluence of two rivers was also sacred though, and water sources were too, so it could still be manmade to mark the springs reported as well as the confluence. Maybe they dug the ditch to access those springs, and needed a dump nearby, which evolved into the hill which marked that site. As stated, a geologist needs to go examine it just to test the ideas.
I'm nearing 76 and spent 55+ years in construction, was raised in a family construction business, so I've pretty good insights into why people do things and how they go about getting them done.
In this case we need to not see ourselves in it, as these people had their own ways & reasons. But I think it's fair to assume that as creator-builder they went to it as efficiently & efficiently as their resources & tools allowed. Clean water's a primal necessity, so siting key structures by a reliable source makes sense for them and to us as well.
But at the time of first siting a structure meant for long-term use, it's most likely the water was surface, as other than an artesian spring, early people's ability to dig or drill for water was surely very limited by the tools on hand. Unless we can establish w/certainty there was an artesian spring, let us grant my surface water thesis.
As the video's graphics show, this was built w/o power tools and likely very limited animal muscle. A 1st rule in building is that excavation should be as limited as possible, as the removal of soil & stone should not be more than the amount needed for foundations, etc.
A 2nd rule is that it's best to re-use on-site any materials, if possible, in construction, to minimise haul-away time and efforts. The initial levelling of the site generated soil & stone most likely used on-site, that's more efficient than removal followed by hauling foreign materials.
Over time unforeseen ground water could have seeped into the excavation, slowly enough that it was a simple matter to build a bridge from the shore to the construction. And we don't know but the builders may have seen the accidental moat as a positive element in their overall conception.
This is only one aspect to hold in mind as we try to gain true knowledge of our ancestors outlook and understanding. 100% reliable archaeology's nearly impossible; too often we make attributions based on our values & assumptions.
I hope this comment is helpful in some ways.
All best, Joseph E Fasciani, Victoria, BC
Maybe the ancients saw that mysterious natural mound with a hole on the top and believed it to be sacred, or that it was a portal to the underworld. Perhaps the early settlers sent their dead down the hole, but later it started contaminating the spring and causing sickness around, spreading plague and the people had to move away. Which would have made the later people believe the hill was an entrance to hell and the source of evil, and they decided to seal it by adding more structure.
My Archaeology tutor worked on the 1968 dig.
_"We all live within the ruins of an ancient structure whose vast size has hitherto rendered it invisible."_ - John Michell.
ETA >> Hitherto? We're STILL like the blind men groping an elephant.
I've read that the height brings it up to the height of the hills it sits between. IF the phases of building up are dated and correlated to cosmic alignments, perhaps we can see the relationship. Spring mounds, very interesting. maybe like pingos?
Your theory fits very well with natural occurrences during specific planetary alignments and Harmonic Convergences.
Really enjoyed this. Unique viewpoint but very well thought out and articulated.
Thanks
I'd wager that dousing was involved. Water is one of those elements that trumps all others. I'd also expect that there are more factors to why it was modified than are readily apparent. Wonder if the surface water got contaminated? Maybe the river water became unsuitable for some reason? A natural spring with a source different from the river itself proved safer to use?
Looking forward to a follow up on this one.
Sounds like geologists should take over all the archeological studies, being told that the pyramids were built because the ancient kings wanted a way into the afterlife never made sense to me! Love your work!
I visited the Viking ship museum in Oslo a couple of years ago.
They project an animation on the ceiling depicting a Viking ship burial like the ones the museum ships were found in.
No words, just animation.
It struck me that the death of a great and prosperous war lord was very likely to leave a power vacuum and a lot of in fighting over his possessions by his friends and relatives.
What better way to avoid conflict than to bury the deceased's riches (and wife!) with him?
Many posit that monogamy has become so common because it prevents accumulation of women by a few rich and powerful men.
Like the burial rights, the marriage ceremony ensures most men are likely to secure a wife and children, thereby limiting the king's choice of women to 'the most fair in the land'.
The whole 'after-life' thing appears to me to be a bolt on after thought, or fig leaf.
The relevant life after death appears to me to be the life of the dead's friends and relatives.
Not some second life in another realm
It will be what the historical society is willing to commit for it to be. As long as it is kept with a tight turf cover and preventing trees to grow on it. Also monitoring the ancient drainage system/foundation.
I don’t understand why you are annoyed that I have offered a scenario that is based on the intelligence of our ancestors and their recognition of what building in a Hydric Floodplain required.
Hi Matt, thought this might interest you,it may be a totally natural feature but it seems like there is a massive wall running from durdle door through corfe castle to ulwell(Dorset) which continues across the Isle of Wight to bembridge I'm not suggesting that it is totally man made but it is intriguing, maybe you can take a look and let us know what you think,all the best mark
_and the one on Mars?... Same coordinates as well?
Excellent vid, thanks.
Modern Academia says "Ancient people dumb, they build giant mound to touch sky"
When in fact there is so much evidence to prove that ancient people were just as smart as us, probably even smarter ...I also like how you point out that these type of mounds have been found all across the world, which is just another hint that technology and history were once shared worldwide in ancient past.
Fascinating idea. I'm currently investigating a large enlogated earthwork in West Kent (UK). It sits within a valley that once had dozens of springs feeding into it. Urban sprawl from the late Victorian period has certainly greatly reduced the water table in the area. It would seem quite likely that the earthwork was once surrounded by natural spring water. Significant amounts of prehistoric stone tools were recovered from the SW end and seem to date from the late Neolithic into the late Bronze. Still a lot more work for us to do but I like your hypothesis. UPDATE - Recently found a 1750 CE map referring to 'Rok Spring' at the NE end of the mound!
Any further updates? 😁
@@NealBones we recently uncovered what appears to be a Neolithic track or causeway leading in the direction of the mound. Finds included a fragment of an imported granite macehead, flint axe and small leaf shape arrowhead.
@wkdarchaeology5653 Cool stuff, thanks for the reply and good luck mate 💯
Adding to it would also have added pressure downward forcing more water to the surface in dry times. Just like easter island 🗿used added hat weights to the statues that were primarily used to block natural drainage channels underground and trap and force fresh water to the surface before it could reach the ocean. Even the great pyramids might have once served a similar function by forcing fresh water up to the grotto well before it hit the river, which in ancient times would have been far less drinkable than the sand filtered ground water by far, if the river was drinkable at all that far down stream with so many cities, farms, and villages upstream from it. They too seem to be built in stages and possibly on top of a natural spring mound. Originally, who knows. As an engineer thats one of the two possible reasons i see as requiring such an incredible structure. The other is air, but thats quite a bit more tinfoil hat material.
It's strange how these pyramid type things can be found all over the world!
Another great video and hypothesis. Quality of presentations, clarity, research and time spent on your work make it a total A+ material second to none. Congrats!
When viewed from above it is obvious that Silbury Hill is an image of the Great Goddess, the hill being a pregnant belly and the surrounding ditches being the arms and thighs. The etymology of Kennet gives a reason why the river was moved. Somebody years ago also wrote a book about this area being a huge land zodiac but I cannot remember the author's name and whether or not Silbury Hill was part of it.
Thank you for joining the dots on what to me is a very special place (my father was born nearby and although we lived a slightly greater distance away we visited and played on the hill regularly as kids). Water is a key element in any community as an essential pre-requisite and it's striking that this may relate to the hill mounds of the USA - cfapps7865 may be able to help further ? . I think you have hit the nail on the head. Great work.
Very interesting Hypothesis indeed, It's also good to see Sillbaby get a mention, there is also a mound known as Merlins mound in the grounds of Marlborough college, as well as the so called motte in the centre of Old Sarum which looks remarkably like Silbury Hill.
Interesting perspective. Whatever the actual history, when it was not covered by grass it must have been very impressive.
You are on to something, but I think a little more focus on the historic landscape, geology and hydrology will clear it up.
But first let me tell you who I am. I am a retired Landscape Architect and professor wit a 5 year undergraduate degree and my 2 year masters. I graduated from the School of Environmental Design and practiced for 38 years. My background includes minors in civil engineering, architecture, forestry, regional planning and ecology just to mention a few. I have worked on projects that included aquifer and aquifer recharge issues, and literally all of my projects included surface and subsurface hydrology. So what I have learned as it might apply to Silsbury Hill is this:
1. The thesis that you put forward included an illustration of Bronze Age Britton. It was partially accurate in that it shows partial forest on the hill sides. Consider how subsurface hydrology works in a temperate hardwood forest. The forest creates an organic layer of soil that is very permeable, and depending upon the subsurface geology, the secondary soil matrix could also be pourous.
2. Now look at the topography. You have low rolling hills, and assumably, no large mountains near. The topography was formed primarily by surface erosion and created a drainage system called dendritic (with tributaries like the fingers on a hand). So, my point is that surface runoff is slowest when the forest is in tact. None the less, the subsurface flow is down hill, obviously. Now, as the surface flow moves through the tributaries , it carries organic and inorganic material with it depositing the mixture along the way, creating new/modified soils in the process. The point of this is that over time, the soil in the floodplains and up slope become “hydric” soils. Meaning that they have a propensity to be/stay wet. From these soils, we get: seeps, weeps, and springs. The size and volume of springs depends (within this type of ecosystem) upon the size of the watershed above any given site. This is because the size of the watershed dictates the “head” pressure based on the volume of water within the soil and adjacent geology below it. This then dictates the size and seasonal flow of springs in lower floodplains.
3. With all of this said, consider that for “the” spring
This is fantastic information. Thank you
Is there something in the Bible about the waters of the Earth came bubbling up?
Yes, They knew how to be perceptive even back then.
I can see how theses sites become 'sacred'.
Not sure if i am correct but looks like a spiral staircase near the top.modern or not?great video by the way
VERY compelling hypothesis. Great video!
Could the submergence of Doggerland have made similar features in that area as well? A water table under pressure does make sense given the geology of the British Isles.
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@@amfinc2 .......water tables everywhere would be backing up as sea level rises!
Maybe the intention was to build enough pressure to make water pop, thus the enormous size of the thing
Very interesting and exciting idea - excellent work! The alternating layers of organic/inorganic remind me of the work of Wilhelm Reich and his Orgone accumulator which was built of those alternating layers.
Good thinking sir, plausible in the extreme, critical thinking is not dead, if only you can get the orthodox cadres to look your way. The presentation is good, research is very thorough for the limited time you give and I believe within acceptable boundaries, nothing fringe. Keep working, stay positive, be bold and keep seeking, your ideas are smart and the questions you raise have tuff answers that the scholarly cadre cannot even humor us. Things might change one day, hopefully for the better and I believe your work will help bring it about.
Later it may have represented a teat of mother Earth, and was thusly shaped in profile. Brilliant observations Matt, you are truly outside the box.
Hills were called, Dodds, Totts and Tits.
finally some common sense explanations ….they are nit burials or ritualistic constructions...these people would have been more concerned with food and water than burial religious rituals
Dee Lighted the biggest majority of small mounds are burial mounds, this practice went on until the mid centuries AD. The burial mound of Sutton Hoo is one example
Credible hypothesis, it always makes my eyes roll when absolutely every ancient structure is described as having 'ceremonial' purpose. It's as if ancient peoples did little else than worship or bury their dead
I think you've got a really good point there. Good research 😃
The mound was sealed? If the tunnel had been made, why not keep the tunnel?
During the last total eclipse of the 20th century across England in 1999, I enjoyed the spectacle on the top of Silbury Hill along with a large group, meditating, chanting, partying, children running around, or just gazing into space.
No word on the fact that it sits on top of the Mary/Michel lay line, one of the two main lay lines that encircle our planet !?
We camped out in two small tents by the little wooded area and the car park and got kicked out by a passerby who called the police at dawn
The Michael ley does not exist, it was invented by Miller, a dowser, he dowsed from a car. Miller and his dowsing gang vandalised the ancient St Agnes labyrinth which they destroyed. The Ley Hunter Journal was published for 35 years, it was concluded leys are coincidental and unreal. Dowsers are charlatans, they now chase energies, though everything is made of energy.
This makes so much sense.
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Could the weight of the mound increase the pressure of the water spring, therefore increasing the amount of water flowing from the ground?
🤔 interesting. I’ll look into that
Right or wrong, this remains the most open-minded channel and the best source for alternative views. You don't just think outside of the box; you live outside of it.
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This hypothesis of a human augmented "water volcano" at Silbury hill is quite compelling. It deserves further serious academic research into the hydrology of the area.
Water used to spurt out of the top. Warm enough to shower.
In North America, the mound people built their mounds on the edges of rivers. By ox bows and where rivers converged. More evidence for an early Atlantic crossing (pre-ice age).
Wat... How is that evidence for anything?
Pre diluvian.
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Great Hypothesis. I agree completely. During the Holocene maximum and the melting of the ice, the land previously covered in ice would be rising exponentially based on the decreased weight of the ice. The water trapped in the crust would create natural aquifers that would have seemed magical. Spewing rocks, gravel, sand and chalk. They just enhanced the structure.
This got me thinking- Glastonbury Tor is a natural hill on top of springs, which was reshaped in ancient times. And was also surrounded by water.
1000 metres above what they guess it would be for Atlantis... Remember the Fresh Water Spring... ?
I like this theory and I think I may be able to provide you some evidence to use for comparison.
I live in northwest Georgia in the southeastern US and am only about 30 miles from the capital of the Cherokee nation, New Echota and all three of the structures that you talk about exist here as well. We have burial mounds, spring mounds, and spring mounds surrounded by reservoirs. In fact, I have observed these spring mounds forming and can confirm that they develop with several different layers of strata and these springs are still quite often turned into reservoirs.
As for why some spring mounds are built up like Silbury with both clay and kurst, my understanding is that the Cherokee did this so that the water would both fill the reservoir and be absorbed by the clay in the mound, as a way to limit evaporation loss and control the water level in the reservoir.
Keep up the good work and I hope this may help out.
Gday mate! I bet it's a temple.
Obviously! 😜
Being a Yank, I knew nothing about Silbury Hill before this presentation. Now, knowing something about the place, I find your hypothesis very intriguing. My only question is: could Silbury and Silbaby have been partially a place of worship of the goddess Sulis? Perhaps I am too early in the timeline of ancient Britain, but it is where my thinking takes me. Again, a fantastic presentation and a great, original hypothesis!
yeah they look like spring mounds
What a great suggestion for the origin of the structure.
Multi-disciplinary research is really starting to pull some real world comparisons out of the realm of mystery.
Keep it up
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You need to unplug and travel, man.
‘Eyes on’ is extraordinarily valuable.
You’re good at the research, full of ideas, respect your fellow researchers and don’t go off the friggin goofy edge.
Great work! Really good research work as always 😊
I was wondering if there was any way possible that pyramids were something like this in the beginning,then somebody build up colossal building? Something like fountain?
I found my thrill...on Silbury Hill.
Please make an alternative history video regarding the origins of mankind without the need to mention the Anunnaki.
Very interesting hypothesis. The information about spring mounds was completely new to me. Ancient, and in fact not so ancient people, have always had great reverence for springs, imagine then the significance to them of a mound forming close to springs. Yet another strong feature in an already significance loaded landscape. There are also springs at Blick Mead not that far away where chemical reactions caused by algae turn flints bright red. Excellent video once again, thank you!
Must admit, not a subject I know a lot about. Sometimes hypothesis are better than the truth. The not knowing is what makes it so interesting. Great video well thought out and articulated.
Thank you
very intriguing idea. It would be interesting to see the results of a larger study based on this.
Great video, and theory. My problem with it is that any mound that usually forms at a spring gets washed away by the water making it. Except rocks and gravel, or if the water is very slow or an underwater spring. River deltas are basically mounds.
But at the start of the Bronze Age, could the dissolved calcareous chalk in the ground water have evaporated out at the surface, and therefore acting binding the structure on the surface? I don’t know. Like what happens with salt?
I live really close to Silbury Hill. Climbed it and it's famous for UFO sightings... No shizzle
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I had never heard of this before and after presenting your hypothesis, I can't see the logic in a complete human construction either.
Really enjoying the channel.
Present facts, sate the public opinion on the subject, and then offer personal theories. Some content creators don't maintain distinct separation between the two, but you do it well.
For a more modern variation, check, Kosciuszko Mound. Krakow.
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Curiously, a few years ago I slept out on top of Silbury Hill, and during the night had a very clear vision of a shaft running straight down from the top through the body of the hill and into the earth. I got the image of a cervix/omphalos in relation to this. Your video makes a lot of sense of why that central shaft might have existed. I love the idea of Silbury Hill being a central water feature to a big pond. And I'll add Silbaby Hill to the visit list. Great work! Thank you!!
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@@ChrisShortyAllen at least your trolling is succint. Weirdly, I was there again today. If you've not been, it's worth a visit. You know, leave your cave once in a while
Thanks Matt
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Wow great idea. Good stuff.
An excavation of the second smaller mound, or even just some cores, would be interesting.
Perhaps the mound was meant to cover something up. We've certainly taken dangerous materials & buried them in the ground, maybe our Ancient ancestors had to do the same. I don't know why archeologists seem to think people only built these things for religious regions.
All too often religion is the first thing that springs to mind when looking at ancient sites. Gobekli Tepe is another case where religion was, and still is the main stream fall back position. Just like meteorites caused extinctions in the past. It seams to me that stone age people were far more practical. No stone age people living currently or in the recent past have been found to build religious structures. alternate points of view appeal to me for practical reasons. How do the structure improve the life of the people? This seems to be the last, rather that the first question asked. To me, religion and kingship required a critical population mass to develop before they were developed as a method of controlling the masses.
Since we worn't there, and there is no written records of what actual meaning or significance was, we us assumptions to fill in the gaps. There is evidence of astrology and astronomy all over the world. But was there other thing going on just as important at that time????? We don't know the beliefs or the structure of those very early societies.
I am a follower of the Electric Universe and the Thunderbolts channel, so I am very familiar with the Saturn Myth. What is to say these findings are not actually older than that. I believe that the dating of many ancient site are actually palaeolithic and not neolithic. Dating of many sites are either fabricated to suit a preconceived paradigm or not well understood. For me the dating of the Henge sites in England, the Sphinx and Pyramids in Egypt and Gobekli Tepe in Turkey are questionable. Awaiting more data.
A stunning piece of deduction/detetective work. Having seen these 'spring hills' in at least three places in Oman (30/40 years ago,no names as such; possibly local knowledge, which was how we saw them - they were considered 'sacred' ) , not to be confused with well known springs,such as Al Kasfah at Al Rustaq amongst others. I think you're right about the human additions and it can't be coincidence that the mounds of America (North in particular ) are built in multiple layers of difference types of gravel,sand,sarcens and chalk or gravel. My feeling is these people had a better command of the "mechanics" of mound building,than we currently credit them . With Silbury,the various layers would also possibly act as an extra filter system to enrich/purify the water from the spring below it? Have lived in Calne for some 20+ years I know the hill and the landscape well,have even chambered onto Silbaby for a view of Silbury during the flooding,you refer to. Was even lucky enough to see it with snow and surrounded by water. My feeling on this whole Southern Landscape,from Somerset to the Hill of Dover, is it's still not being considered as a "whole"; with too much attention given to county borders and what remains and not nearly enough to what was and the Sacred Landscape in totality. Maybe your book with have some elucidating suggestions on this matter😉😀?! As so much of the landscape is artificial (or has been assumed to be) it's not surprising that geologists haven't been as 'proactive' or given their say as much as the archaeologists,maybe you can start a new trend. As ever a fascinating and thought provoking video. I would highly recommend anyone to make the effort to visit this enchanting environment and the enigmatic Silbury themselves,if it's at all possible. As the feeling one gets,whilst walking there,is hard to put into words and I don't think it's generated in the present by the remainder of what once was,but, is the faint residue of a VERY strong "vibe" that cause genre rations of people to band together and alter the environment, with visitors coming from the far north and the Mediterranean. Awesome 💥👌🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍 Much enjoyed. Wishing you a great weekend 👋🌟✌
Really interesting i never heard of this so many great sites all over the world from our ancestors and still finding new ones great video
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The images you included that showed the active mud mound springs reminded me quite a bit of the Richat structure from your Atlantis video, especially since it too has a fresh water spring at it's center.
5:14 maybe chalking it was the important thing. Instead of digging up turf they placed chalk on top to make it white again. whats interesting about "white horses" hill figures is the locals populace have to do a chalking EVERY4-5yrs otherwise it will be lost. This has been going on every 4yrs since neolithic times. Also 11:13 brings to mind the "primordial mound" symbol. 13.25 "Waden" germanic (saxon woden/odin ?)
waden hill
To move forth; to journey on or go about.
To puncture or stab; to journey into a person's body.
To wade; to walk through fluid:
To wade through a fluid; to pass through by wading.
To immerse or involve oneself in something.
Again, thank you Matt for superb videos ❤️
Kennet/Kent -Kemet (Ancient Egypt)
Princess Scota (Pharonic) - Scotland
With the strong Egypt/Britain connection, maybe Silsbury Hill is pyramid inspired?
VERY interesting! Thank you for sharing this hypothesis with us!
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Ball of light and crop circles appear at Silbury Hill. Here's one explanation: 'The nature of the design (alternating layers of organic and inorganic material topped with a slope of chalk executed at 60 degrees) allows it to behave like a natural battery, soaking up the rising electromagnetic energy generated by the action of water percolating through the porous chalk soil below. The process is known to science as adsorption.' .. Now, talking about ball-lightning: energy release only happens certain times of the month. Freddy Silva witnessed a big ball of light at Silbury Hill for 20 seconds. He says the phenomenon is well known to local farmers. (I will ask a few farmers soon.) Ball lightning is connected to old submarine batteries. 'Submariners in World War II gave the most frequent and consistent accounts of small ball lightning in the confined submarine atmosphere. There are repeated accounts of inadvertent production of floating explosive balls when the battery banks were switched in or out, especially if misswitched or when the highly inductive electrical motors were misconnected or disconnected.' .. Crop circles: Most of them are manmade. Farmers are very angry at pranksters. But maybe not all of them are a hoax.
Another cracking video m8
The metre was not used by ancient man. It was erroneously calculated by two French engineers at the time of Napoleon and introduced as the new unit of measure of length. The metre is a fallacy, it is abstract, there is no relationship with biological growth nor with the dimensions of the human body. Hence it'll never provide harmonious dimensions in architecture, and this is visible when visiting modern architecture. The introduction of the metre signalled the beginning of decadence in Western culture.
It was the equivalent of a public swearing jar. You say something you shouldn't, you have to throw a load of dirt on the ol' swearing mound. Silbaby was the next over village's swearing mound. They were much more reserved than their crude neighbors.