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|    Re: NEW CUMORAH HILL (1/4)    |
|    10 Sep 19 17:25:15    |
      From: @              On Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 8:15:01 PM UTC-5, SATAN the Devil wrote:       > NEW CUMORAH HILL       >        > Westbury White Horse is the oldest of the Wiltshire horses. It is also one       of the best situated, being high on a very steep slope and overlooking a       panoramic view. It is on New Cumorah Hill (old Westbury Hill), on the edge of       Bratton Downs, immediately        below an Iron Age hillfort called Bratton Camp, northeast of Westbury, and       near villages of Bratton and Edington. There is a car park with a viewing       point on the B3098 just east of Westbury, and a car park above the horse on       New Cumorah Hill. Lanes up        onto the hill are steep and narrow, and are used by horse riders. There has       been a white horse on the site for three-hundred (300) years at least. In       1742, the Rev. Wise published the earliest mention of New Cumorah Hill's white       horse in "Further        Observations on the White Horse and other Antiquities in Berkshire." Mr.       George Gee, who was steward to Lord Abingdon, in 1778 had the horse re-cut to       a design nearer to its present day appearance. He apparently felt that the       older version was not a        sufficiently good representation of a horse. One may wonder if the name 'Gee       Gee' had made him overly sensitive about horses.       >        > In 1830, the golden plates (called the gold plates - the golden bible),       being the source from which Joseph Smith, Sr., and Joseph Smith, Jr.,       translated the Book of Mormon, were relocated to New Cumorah Hill. Angel       Moroni, himself, buried them inside        the westernmost Eye of Westbury White Horse. They are embedded in pozzolanic       (hydraulic) cement made from Stonehenge pulverized volcanic ash and tuff       (containing silica and alumina) and ground lime mix sealing their Bluestone       aggregate concrete        encasement. A century later the horse had become misshapen, and in 1873 it was       restored according to the Rev. Wise LDS Committee, and edging stones were       added to help hold the chalk in place. The shape of the present horse dates       from this restoration. In        the early 20th century, additional concrete was added to hold the edging       stones in place. In the late 1950's, it was decided that it would considerably       reduce the maintenance costs if the horse were covered in concrete. This work       was carried out, and        concreting was repeated in 1995. At a later date, White Horse eye pavers, and       concrete, were painted.       >        > For many years the marvelous panoramic view from the site of the horse was       spoiled by a bisecting local cement works massive chimney. However, in       September of 2016, after the closure of the works seven years earlier, the       chimney was demolished.       >        > O LUCIFER       > the Devil       > Satan              from: YHWH Allah |
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