2nd January 2006, 04:33 PM
Troll,
Go Move Shift?
Rather than telling farmers they can't farm, would it not be better to provide grants to protect manage and enhance any archaeology on their lands.
I suggest you have a look at schemes such as the Tir Gofal which has been running in Wales for a few years now and attempts to do this. Encourages farmers to manage the resources on their land, including historic and archaeological elements. This has lead to the discovery (and management) of a large number of sites during farm visits, especially vernacular farm buildings.
While this scheme is not perfect, it has made a positive contribution, as well as rasing awareness of archaeology in rural communities
These were part of the Agenda 2000 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. I think that previously there was no cultural heritage component to CAP which was always a travesty.
There was also a similar Common Agricultural Policy scheme in the Netherlands. This was stopped due to too many double entendres....
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Go Move Shift?
Rather than telling farmers they can't farm, would it not be better to provide grants to protect manage and enhance any archaeology on their lands.
I suggest you have a look at schemes such as the Tir Gofal which has been running in Wales for a few years now and attempts to do this. Encourages farmers to manage the resources on their land, including historic and archaeological elements. This has lead to the discovery (and management) of a large number of sites during farm visits, especially vernacular farm buildings.
While this scheme is not perfect, it has made a positive contribution, as well as rasing awareness of archaeology in rural communities
These were part of the Agenda 2000 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. I think that previously there was no cultural heritage component to CAP which was always a travesty.
There was also a similar Common Agricultural Policy scheme in the Netherlands. This was stopped due to too many double entendres....
[:p]