On Silbury Hill by Adam Thorpe #literature England is just one of

England is just one of many countries now challenging Scotland’s historic lead

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On Silbury Hill by Adam Thorpe #literature England is just one ofSilbury Hill in Wiltshire has perplexed people for generations. Was it once an island, moated by water? Was it a place of worship, of ritual, of celebration, perhaps a way of marking the seasons' passing? Along with Stonehenge and nearby Avebury, was it part of a healing landscape or a physical memory of the long dead? In On Silbury Hill, Adam Thorpe posits that the mysterious hill is the sum of all we project onto it a blank screen where human dreams