Thornborough "debate"

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Thanks for pointing out the press release Mercenary. Not only offensive, but also inaccurate:

quote:Friends of Thornborough Press Release

At a monitoring meeting on site, Neil Campling, the Canadian-born County Archaeologist decided that the compaction that would be caused by mechanically backfilling the trenches with one foot of wet soil would make deep ploughing necessary to restore drainage prior to future cultivation.

The fact that deep ploughing would be necessary was known before anything started on site, and was the decision of the landowner. In addition, backfilling of the trenches requires waiting until the soil is sufficiently dried out. This appears to be a direct slur against 'Canadian-born' Mr Campling. I too thought progress was being made ... deep sigh.