10th February 2007, 06:48 PM
Thankyou everyone for all your input.Bombshell time I`m afraid...the route of a new road was`nt even going to go through the barrow, total removal was required because the site of the barrow was earmarked for a settling tank to drain the new road.Geofiz identified a 6 metre round barrow...no resistance survey carried out to check fiz results, consultants in the process did not commission an evaluation to test the fiz results.Commercial unit then came up with four men/one supervisor/four weeks based on the fiz.Removal of overburden reveals a kerbed 17 metre barrow.Original time/labour estimate retained.Rapid mattock and machine completely removes barrow.Curator and EH turn up for a site visit on the penultimate day, wander about for an hour then leave. The curator mumbled something about thermoluminescence dating of ditch silts before stumbling away! Turns out that the "client" in this case is a county council. The team of fieldworkers who were forced to butcher this monument are nauseated to say the least.[:0]
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)