Thornborough "debate"

[archae_logical]

quote:Originally posted by Grubby

quote:Originally posted by archae_logical

quote:Originally posted by Grubby

So then, nationally important or not? Are the pits on Ladybridge Farm worthy of preservation in situ?

ooo er......

It all depends on your interpretation and your motive for same. English Heritage say they are nationally important as part of the Thornborough landscape. As they are the guardians of our heritage who am I to argue with that.

E

I think you have has much right to your own opinion on the matter as everyone else E and you are perfectly entitled to express it here if you wish. Remember that EH also said that the double pit alignment (SAM)was nationally important but allowed that to be dug up by Newcastle University... Are you suggesting that everything in the Thornborough landscape is nationally important and should be preserved? On what criteria? Is being part of the landscape justification in itself? If so how is it defined? WHere are its edges...

Thanks for giving me the right to express my opinion, although I thought I already had that right.

Is everything in the landscape of Stonehenge important (it is a World Heritage Site after all), or does it gain importance because of what it is associated with?

Has anyone defined nationally important yet?

Should developers and their archaeologists have more right to say what is and isn't important than someone who lives locally?

So many questions and so few answers.

E