12th May 2011, 01:00 PM
P Prentice Wrote:Jack you are so PPG16 - its not about mitigation anymore, its about 'understanding'.
i would contest that any cursus in Britain is worth 100% excavation and that no level of destruction should be tolerated without such.
Yes I am.
Mitigation and understanding can go hand in hand though and construction projects often have varying levels of destruction.
In my experience there is always a negotiable give and take on site with clients due to unexpected or extra special archaeological remains, construction timetables and deadlines, access etc.
In the case of the cursus ditch, yes it is (apparently) ritual (but I dare you to try and prove that they are!) so under normal conditions would require 100% excavation.
But in fact is (often) just a pair of ditches. What extra information do you expect to get out of hand digging 100% say of a 100m long cursus ditch that you wouldn't get from digging say 75% or 50%?
P Prentice Wrote:i did like your rant on digginthedirt though
Thanks, I did enjoy venting