23rd January 2007, 03:46 PM
Unit, does 'heritage not include archaeology? IN the sense that 'heritage' is 'that which can be inherited', and defining archaeology as not only the study of the material remains of humanities past activities but also these material remains themselves?
To enable the survival of any of these inheritable remains is it not better to try and manage them for their long term conservation rather than allow what is left to disappear in a short time.
Why should Defra give 'landowners' rather than farmers money - the agri-environment agreements are normally between the farmer and the government, rather than the landowner and the government (although the landowner and farmer can be the same but there are a lot of tenanted farms). Are we paying farmers to subsidise the profits of supermarkets (which is what support payments do) or for environmental benefits which are of wider benefit to the population as a whole - this last is what agri-environment schemes are for.
Farm buildings - most pre-1940 farm buildings were built in the vernacular tradition. If you don't actually know what this means then I would recommend the writings of R.W. Brunskill, particularly relevant being Traditional Farm Buildings of Britain (3rd ed, 1999). The vernacular tradition is the local style of building using local materials and designs for buildings (so farm buildings vary in style and materials depending on where they stand in the country).
I am an archaeologist by training, but my current role is, as you say, heritage management - that heritage involves archaeology as well as ecology and landscape issues.
To enable the survival of any of these inheritable remains is it not better to try and manage them for their long term conservation rather than allow what is left to disappear in a short time.
Why should Defra give 'landowners' rather than farmers money - the agri-environment agreements are normally between the farmer and the government, rather than the landowner and the government (although the landowner and farmer can be the same but there are a lot of tenanted farms). Are we paying farmers to subsidise the profits of supermarkets (which is what support payments do) or for environmental benefits which are of wider benefit to the population as a whole - this last is what agri-environment schemes are for.
Farm buildings - most pre-1940 farm buildings were built in the vernacular tradition. If you don't actually know what this means then I would recommend the writings of R.W. Brunskill, particularly relevant being Traditional Farm Buildings of Britain (3rd ed, 1999). The vernacular tradition is the local style of building using local materials and designs for buildings (so farm buildings vary in style and materials depending on where they stand in the country).
I am an archaeologist by training, but my current role is, as you say, heritage management - that heritage involves archaeology as well as ecology and landscape issues.