7th June 2007, 03:56 PM
According to the link posted by achingknees...
Jo Clark, secretary of Highworth Historical Society, said: "Recent changes to the law mean that there are many restrictions surrounding the retention of archaeological remains"
Can someone please enlighten me as to the changes in the law? As far as I was aware the Burial Act 1857 and the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 were still in force. The 2005 EH Guidance states that the law is "currently under review" and gives a link to a Home Office webpage no longer extant. This consultation process closed on 13th July 2004, and the consultation document is here:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/2...iew=Binary
However no further announcement has been made - or at least not that I have heard of, it is quite possible that I missed it. However I was not aware that the law had actually changed. The IFA has just this minute posted the story on their news site...
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ne...toryid=170
...so it seems I am not the only archaeologist to have missed this important change with potentially adverse effects on future scientific enquiry.
Incidentally no-one on Britarch seems to have noticed, they seem to have regressed into the 16th century and are inciting naval warfare between the Royal Navy and the Spanish fleet off Gibraltar. Perhaps a Britarch listmember on here could cross-post and wake them up?
Jo Clark, secretary of Highworth Historical Society, said: "Recent changes to the law mean that there are many restrictions surrounding the retention of archaeological remains"
Can someone please enlighten me as to the changes in the law? As far as I was aware the Burial Act 1857 and the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 were still in force. The 2005 EH Guidance states that the law is "currently under review" and gives a link to a Home Office webpage no longer extant. This consultation process closed on 13th July 2004, and the consultation document is here:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/2...iew=Binary
However no further announcement has been made - or at least not that I have heard of, it is quite possible that I missed it. However I was not aware that the law had actually changed. The IFA has just this minute posted the story on their news site...
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ne...toryid=170
...so it seems I am not the only archaeologist to have missed this important change with potentially adverse effects on future scientific enquiry.
Incidentally no-one on Britarch seems to have noticed, they seem to have regressed into the 16th century and are inciting naval warfare between the Royal Navy and the Spanish fleet off Gibraltar. Perhaps a Britarch listmember on here could cross-post and wake them up?