and the man in charge, Professor Richard Atkinson

Silbury Hill stands beside the A4 near Avebury and is the largest prehistoric mound in Europe. A massive pile of chalk rubble, it rises 130 feet from a base as big as Trafalgar Square. Its purpose is still a mystery. Tomorrow a team of archaeologists and miners return to Silbury for the third and final phase of an excavation commissioned by BBC-2.
This film reports on the progress of the dig so far and explains why the archaeologists feel they are on the brink of a discovery
From the South and West
(Colour)