20th February 2007, 11:33 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by 1man1desk Overall, the similarities between the Swedish and British systems and their effect on archaeological remains seem to vastly outweigh the differences.
Thinking further about 1M1D's posting this morning it occurred to me that there is one essential difference between the Swedish and UK systems.
In Sweden the responsibility for monitoring and protecting archaeological remains, historic buildings, protected landscapes and even historic placenames scheduled under national legislation, is delegated to the locality (equivalant to the county level in UK terms). One could argue the pros and cons of the adoption of such a system across the whole of the UK.
(I realise this could constitute showing a red rag to Troll[8D])