22nd August 2012, 09:36 AM
Completely agree that the minister has some clearly conflicting roles and it is a little strange that he would publicly comment on such things as he clearly has no expertise in the area. This letter also lays out the local trusts stand on the site which is interesting as it is their planning department who will have to sign off the archaeological conditions placed on the site.
An interesting story of who owns the past and who has the right to interpret it and decide the importance of what is found
I have pasted in a link from the Monmouthshire Archaeological Society for an account in their own words as the papers have a tendency to mangle archaeological stories
http://www.monmouth-today.co.uk/Letters....questioned
An interesting story of who owns the past and who has the right to interpret it and decide the importance of what is found
I have pasted in a link from the Monmouthshire Archaeological Society for an account in their own words as the papers have a tendency to mangle archaeological stories
http://www.monmouth-today.co.uk/Letters....questioned