23rd February 2006, 02:26 PM
Quote:quote:Are we not supposed to be pushing the boundaries in a positive direction? Or do we just give up? The ploughing argument seems to me to be the "lets give up" argument.
Well, that seems to be the EH attitude to its landmark "Ripping up History" work, which now seems to have been abandoned.
For me, a choice between record before it is destroyed by quarrying or don't record before it is destroyed by ploughing is an easy choice. We should record.
I will only be comfortable with not recording if it is not going to be destroyed at all. Let's not let EH get away with the usual preservation In-situ con that archaeologists and developers seem to love so much because it doesn't cost money.
The campaign has bought some time for a portion of what remains of the landscape, but it will go eventually.