4th February 2007, 11:17 AM
At this stage I still say the situation is too undefined to come up with a detailed costing.
The following info is needed which a desk top and a topo survey should sort out.
The size and shape of the monument
What work has been done on it before - it may well have been excavated in the C19.
What is the preservation state? This can be found out by looking at similar monument
What is the geology?
After this the sampling strategy for the mound and the ditch needs to be defined.
For pipelines, roads and airports an EIA must have been done and thus the monument should have been recognised. It not unknown for upstanding monuments of this size to have been missed in an assessment (I have worked on one example many years ago)it should have been found on the walk over survey or on the aps.
It should also have been found during the evaluation stage.
Realistically the position of a run way cannot be changed and if you do you may zap even more archaeological remains.
Pipeline routes are rarely that fixed so there is potential to go around or under the monument. It will depend at what stage the process is reached.
For roads any re-routing after the route is fixed is difficult.
At 3m high it is starting to tick boxes on importance. I would suggest therefor for EH to be involve as grant funding could be possible. For strategic developments then I expect EH to be involved to a greater or lesser degree.
Peter
The following info is needed which a desk top and a topo survey should sort out.
The size and shape of the monument
What work has been done on it before - it may well have been excavated in the C19.
What is the preservation state? This can be found out by looking at similar monument
What is the geology?
After this the sampling strategy for the mound and the ditch needs to be defined.
For pipelines, roads and airports an EIA must have been done and thus the monument should have been recognised. It not unknown for upstanding monuments of this size to have been missed in an assessment (I have worked on one example many years ago)it should have been found on the walk over survey or on the aps.
It should also have been found during the evaluation stage.
Realistically the position of a run way cannot be changed and if you do you may zap even more archaeological remains.
Pipeline routes are rarely that fixed so there is potential to go around or under the monument. It will depend at what stage the process is reached.
For roads any re-routing after the route is fixed is difficult.
At 3m high it is starting to tick boxes on importance. I would suggest therefor for EH to be involve as grant funding could be possible. For strategic developments then I expect EH to be involved to a greater or lesser degree.
Peter