Silbury Hill - Location

Location

Silbury Hill is located in the Kennett Valley, at OSGB grid reference SU099685 (51°24′56″N 1°51′27″W / 51.41556°N 1.8575°W / 51.41556; -1.8575). It is close to the A4, between the towns of Marlborough and Calne, also the route of a Roman road which runs between Beckhampton and West Kennett and runs to the south of the hill. In 1867 the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society excavated the east side of the hill to see if traces of the Roman Road were underneath it. No traces were found and later excavations south of the hill located the road in fields to the south making a pronounced swerve to avoid the base of the hill. This was conclusive proof that the hill was there before the road - but the hill provided an alignment sight-line for the road.