12th October 2006, 08:54 PM
Not wishing to justify what is a pathetically low salary for a County Mounty, the pay boundaries for jobs such as this in local government are based on the population of the county as this is likely to reflect the volume of work. I am sure that Wiltshire is pretty low.
In Wiltshire there is also the issue of land ownership. County Mounties have no authority of Scheduled Monuments or land is guardianship. This is dealt with by the Inspectors of Ancient Monuments. Other land owned by the National Trust will have archaeological advice supplied from within that organisation as will land owned by Defence Estates. I am guessing once these are counted there is not a great deal of Wiltshire left.
But still the pay should be more.
In Wiltshire there is also the issue of land ownership. County Mounties have no authority of Scheduled Monuments or land is guardianship. This is dealt with by the Inspectors of Ancient Monuments. Other land owned by the National Trust will have archaeological advice supplied from within that organisation as will land owned by Defence Estates. I am guessing once these are counted there is not a great deal of Wiltshire left.
But still the pay should be more.