Reconstruction drawing showing Colonel Edward Drax and his daughter descending a ladder in the vertical shaft cut into Silbury Hill in 1776. Colonel Drax oversaw the excavations into the mound at this date.

Date:
2010
Location:
Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC245/019
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was created for, but not finally selected for reproduction in, the book entitled 'The Story of Silbury Hill', by Jim Leary and David Field, published in 2010 by English Heritage.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC245 The Story of Silbury Hill; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Georgian Shaft, People