Help BAJR and the PAS at Thornborough

[Paul Barford]

quote:Originally posted by Petethedig
detecting so near to the henge's may help in preventing future plans by Tarmac to advance up to the site

On the contrary, the results of this activity could just as easily be utilised in future planning applications to do just that. This is a very weak justification for holding this rally here. In any case, to have any weight in such a process, such a survey needs to be carried out according to the sort of guidelines laid down by "Our Portable Past".

quote: Deer hunting can be as much about conservation and education as collecting in my personal experience of doing so!

fox hunting, badger-baiting and cock-fighting too, I suppose some might add. Actually I suspect most people (and more people) would learn more by watching deer undisturbed in their natural habitat than lying bleeding to death on the ground after you've shot it to cart bits off to your freezer.

So David, what's the difference between several hundred detectorists taking away bits of the archaeology to scatter them in hundreds of personal collections, and only recording what they want, and Tarmac sponsoring an excavation to take away the archaeology (which goes into a public collection) and recording ALL of it?

Paul Barford