21st November 2005, 09:38 PM
Troll - not making a 'desperate attempt' at anything (other than to chuck my opinion in), but trying to raise a debate. Do you deny that ploughing truncates archaeology, in some cases completely? If you don't deny it then is it possible to call such remains preserved?
HB - didn't know about the management plan. However, given the current state of the stewardship scheme there is not much EH can do to stop a determined farmer (as I understand it).
What exactly is EH proposing - changes to the stewardship scheme or removal of Class Consent 1 from scheduled monuments? And how long before it happens - after all the problem has been well known since (at least) the 70s?
HB - didn't know about the management plan. However, given the current state of the stewardship scheme there is not much EH can do to stop a determined farmer (as I understand it).
What exactly is EH proposing - changes to the stewardship scheme or removal of Class Consent 1 from scheduled monuments? And how long before it happens - after all the problem has been well known since (at least) the 70s?