3rd July 2012, 11:33 PM
Have you looked at the plans? The proposed site is basically infill between two blocks of existing housing, one of which is (of course) less than 200m from the hill fort. Can't see the argument meself.
Evaluation says it may (just possibly) have been but there probably isn't any trace remaining in the proposed site.
It's not clear how this small housing development in amongst other housing on a site demonstrated to contain little or no archaeology and to sit within the (already compromised) setting of a significant hill fort etc would prevent that aspiration.
Answers on a postcard to HM Planning Inspectorate! :face-stir:
Quote:Campaigners think the site is on the line of the Roman Ridge, a 10-mile linear earthwork thought to be have been built as a defensive structure between Sheffield and Kimberworth, Rotherham.
Evaluation says it may (just possibly) have been but there probably isn't any trace remaining in the proposed site.
Quote:It is hoped the site could be used as a community resource, like in heritage trails attracting visitors in the future.
It's not clear how this small housing development in amongst other housing on a site demonstrated to contain little or no archaeology and to sit within the (already compromised) setting of a significant hill fort etc would prevent that aspiration.
Answers on a postcard to HM Planning Inspectorate! :face-stir: