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Summary: photograph, of Professor Richard Atkinson, in front of a tablet which marked the official entrance to the tunnel, during the first live outside broadcast from the BBC 2 sponsored excavation of Silbury Hill, seen in 'The Silbury Dig' a 'Chronicle' presentation, on BBC 2 20th April 1968, Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1968

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