19th April 2006, 09:31 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by freelance
Quote:quote:...TimeWatch can confirm that the area between the hedge and the bank of the central henge has been ploughed in the last week or so.
I went for a walk out there yesterday, and this area has been disked, not ploughed. The turf has been disturbed, apparently for re-seeding, but only the top three or four inches of ground has been disturbed.
All this talk about ploughing and it seems that some people dont know the difference between ploughing and disking. Perhaps it might actually be worth asking the farmer next time before going to the press. I cant see how you can mount a credible campaign without checking the facts. How is anyone going to convince farmers to enter schemes to protect the archaeology when they are publically slated at the first opportunity for legitimately (I presume) breaking the turf!