31st May 2006, 11:27 AM
Good points mercenary and mole. I agree that is much more satisfactory than a load of disconnected eval trenches, or a watching brief. Being only a lowly digger, i'm not really privy to the decisions that get made. In fact I'm lucky if the county mounty even looks at me, let alone speaks.
I only really bring it up as I'm dealing with the plans for a vast, complex multi phase ditch system, and wondering if I'm going to get any of my questions answered. Some but not all, I suppose.
I also ask because the WSIs that I've seen say things like 'determine the character and extent of the archaeology'. It seems to me that getting something on plan is not the same as determining its 'character'. Better something than nothing, I suppose.
I only really bring it up as I'm dealing with the plans for a vast, complex multi phase ditch system, and wondering if I'm going to get any of my questions answered. Some but not all, I suppose.
I also ask because the WSIs that I've seen say things like 'determine the character and extent of the archaeology'. It seems to me that getting something on plan is not the same as determining its 'character'. Better something than nothing, I suppose.