1st August 2008, 06:40 PM
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But that probably means it was developer funded and so has therefore disappeared under concrete/tarmac/houses
I've recently been involved with some TOP archaeology in the north-east on England!
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Aye well, to be honest I'd rather have a relatively unspoilt wilderness that has seen little investigation by archaeologists, I'm not that sad. But even sites that are not threatened have, I would argue, seen a lot less investigation in some parts of the country (the northwest perhaps in particular) for other reasons - lack of university research projects, lack of well-financed amateurs, general lack of funds.
Regarding the North East - to be honest, when people talk about a north/south divide I see more of an east/west divide, the east tending to have the more money and more genteel cities, the west being poorer and rough around the edges, with its nicer bits essentially a playground for the rich (note recent news about David Cameron holidaying in Cornwall amid claims that some parts of the county are officially poorer than some east European countries). Think about it though, and you'll find the east/west divide even extends to Scotland.
East = well to do, old university towns.
West = rough, industrialised, a bit knackered.
I blame the weather. And I stand ready to be shouted down by everyone, la la la, not listening.
(Apologies to Wales, which is all in the west, perhaps there is a separate sub-division there).
But that probably means it was developer funded and so has therefore disappeared under concrete/tarmac/houses
I've recently been involved with some TOP archaeology in the north-east on England!
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Aye well, to be honest I'd rather have a relatively unspoilt wilderness that has seen little investigation by archaeologists, I'm not that sad. But even sites that are not threatened have, I would argue, seen a lot less investigation in some parts of the country (the northwest perhaps in particular) for other reasons - lack of university research projects, lack of well-financed amateurs, general lack of funds.
Regarding the North East - to be honest, when people talk about a north/south divide I see more of an east/west divide, the east tending to have the more money and more genteel cities, the west being poorer and rough around the edges, with its nicer bits essentially a playground for the rich (note recent news about David Cameron holidaying in Cornwall amid claims that some parts of the county are officially poorer than some east European countries). Think about it though, and you'll find the east/west divide even extends to Scotland.
East = well to do, old university towns.
West = rough, industrialised, a bit knackered.
I blame the weather. And I stand ready to be shouted down by everyone, la la la, not listening.
(Apologies to Wales, which is all in the west, perhaps there is a separate sub-division there).