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| Silbury Hill © David Gill There are reports from the Wiltshire Constabulary of "illegal metal detecting" at Silbury Hill, part of the Avebury prehistoric landscape. How can such activity be considered to be acceptable?
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Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Monday, 24 August 2020
Suspected illegal metal-detecting at Silbury Hill
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