5th February 2011, 11:26 PM
I think this article aptly illustrates the value of the Forestry Commission
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...s-ago.html
Would a private owner have been interested in finding the road?
Would a private owner have invited an archaeologist onto site without being required to do so as a condition of planning?
Would a private owner have sensitively felled the trees without using heavy plant?
Would a private owner be keen to work out a long-term management plan?
Would we even be aware of this find if it had been made within a privately owned forest?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...s-ago.html
Would a private owner have been interested in finding the road?
Would a private owner have invited an archaeologist onto site without being required to do so as a condition of planning?
Would a private owner have sensitively felled the trees without using heavy plant?
Would a private owner be keen to work out a long-term management plan?
Would we even be aware of this find if it had been made within a privately owned forest?