6th March 2005, 05:48 PM
Careful troll.... ! please be nice.. B)
I think we have gone off the target here... it is not so much whether the henges are special... but whether or not an evaluation of what must also be a rather special ritual landscape prior to quarrying is the right attitude to take when the only real action to be taken is to protect the whole area for further study, rather than a swift examination when the features appear after the topsoil has been removed. The other question is why Tarmac initialy said in March 2004 that they had no designs on the Moor until after an EH consultation, and then they have put in a map and a request to have the moor added to the prefered mineral extraction area BEFORE the consultation was even awarded?
Are they confident that they will get the area no matter what? Do they think the EH consultation will not actually matter a it has no statutory backing? Who knows. .... perhaps they could make a statement to clarify... perhaps Mr Campling could let us know what the hell is going on - I would expect he knows - I should give him a call and hopefully get some answers...
I think we have gone off the target here... it is not so much whether the henges are special... but whether or not an evaluation of what must also be a rather special ritual landscape prior to quarrying is the right attitude to take when the only real action to be taken is to protect the whole area for further study, rather than a swift examination when the features appear after the topsoil has been removed. The other question is why Tarmac initialy said in March 2004 that they had no designs on the Moor until after an EH consultation, and then they have put in a map and a request to have the moor added to the prefered mineral extraction area BEFORE the consultation was even awarded?
Are they confident that they will get the area no matter what? Do they think the EH consultation will not actually matter a it has no statutory backing? Who knows. .... perhaps they could make a statement to clarify... perhaps Mr Campling could let us know what the hell is going on - I would expect he knows - I should give him a call and hopefully get some answers...