E: 5/10 ? Win long weekend in Milan /Sunday Times Where was I ?

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The questions

1 What is the name of the canal? Kennet & Avon

2 What is the name of the mound? [strike]West Kennet Long Barrow [/strike][STRIKE]Correction EAST Kennet Long Barrow See Link here http://www.wiltshire-web.co.uk/history/barrows.htm[/STRIKE] Silbury Hill?

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little-miss-little

2 What is the name of the mound? West Kennet Long Barrow Correction EAST Kennet Long Barrow See Link here http://www.wiltshire-web.co.uk/history/barrows.htm

So whats the answer for question 2 then??

suez_channel

Sorry posted it too quickly Answer 2. should read East Kennet Long Barrow

white_star

Could Answer 2 be Silbury Hill . Info found here

suez_channel

Hmm white*star could be right I probably jumped to conclusions when I saw East Kennet was the largest long barrow but dimensions seem to be more the Silbury Hill My barrow is only 20 ft high
Quote from the Comp ::
"First, I find Europe’s largest prehistoric man-made mound (4,400 years old, almost 100ft high). Nobody knows why it was built"

Moominmamma

Hi

I've got Silbury Hill for #2 as well.

And I've got the Wilts & Berks canal for #1 - Kennet and Avon was (apparently) reopened by the Queen in 1990 and the one in "where was I" is unrestored...

Have been waiting for someone to post though because I'm not sure about either answer and I quite fancy a weekend in Milan

M x

elisebutt65

I thought Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal as well?????

jaxster1

i remember being told in archaeology lectures that Silbury is the largest man made hill in Europe, don't know about the canal, sorry.

emmedi

my answers are:
1. Wilts & Berks Canal
2. Silbury Hill

Olz

DITTO, Wilts & Berks, + Silbury Hill.
OLZ:cool:

ginjim

my neck of the woods