Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jun 29, 2011
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Wiltshire ,
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prehistory ,
prehistoric ,
motte ,
Marlborough Mound ,
Marlborough College ,
English Heritage ,
County Archaeology Service ,
castle ,
Bronze Age
Marlborough Mound has for so long been the subject of debate as to its true age. Was it constructed as a medieval motte (castle mound) or is it in fact substantially older, the same age in fact as nearby Silbury Hill, the iconic prehistoric earthwork?
18th Century Drawing of The Marlborough Mound
The Blog can now bring you the definitive answer – and it is reshaping how we understand the ancient Wessex landscape it inhabits. The mound, definitively used as a medieval fortified settlement, was already three-and-a-half thousand years old when the Normans arrived! This makes it the same age as the pyramids in Egypt!
