5th February 2007, 01:27 PM
Quote:quote:How would your views alter if the barrow found itself on the route of say, a pipeline, road scheme or even a new airport runway?If the site is deemed to be of national importance (irrespective of scheduled status or not), I would be recommending that it should be preserved, and that the route of the pipeline or road should move - unless this causes some other, even greater, environmental impact (not necessarily just archaeological). Not sure about what I would do if it was a runway - never dealt with one of those.
If there's an active badger sett actually in the mound, as somebody suggested, I would assume that the archaeology is much less well preserved than otherwise. I would question any suggestion that it is nationally important. If the development is a pipeline, I would still recommend preservation in situ. For a road, I would look for realignment, but I would also consider full excavation as mitigation - after the badgers have been relocated according to appropriate guidelines, under a suitable licence (this is common practice where badger setts are found).
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