Thornborough "debate"

[Hugh]

quote:Originally posted by Venutius

So Hay and Lacay and past experience within meters of the current site don't matter.

By the way, can you thank Tarmac for excavating those two wells on Nosterfield Quarry.

Unfortunately every site of this scale has to prove it's own value, and it would be unwise to assume that archaeology preserved in one area continues into it, especially if there is a lot of truncation by farming. Also, there is currently no descicion on the planning application, so it can still be refused, something that this work is designed to inform. They can still even ask for further archaeological investigations.
As for the Nosterfield Quarry, PPG16 was still in nappies at that point, and significant archaeology was not really expected.