Free archaeology

[Unitof1]

The 90% plus claim for 'nothing' is ridiculous......90% for 'can't be bothered to look for the wood amongst the trees' is actually the reality.....

actually Kev I can find archaeology on a 100 %. and I am not that good. Thing is 99% of it is really boring and not very significant and I cant be bothered to record it too the really expensive great degree where I have to have discussions with museum curators about whether I can discard the bricks and ask them how much they are going to charge to take the stupidly expensive photographic record of possible posthole/badger sections, its never going to be fully excavated let alone make it to any museum mantel piece.. but I want to look at the 100% with a fast and "inexpensive" archaeological evaluation of my choice and produce maybe a 1:50 plan with a little note saying ditch with early saxon looking pot and I toss the pot back into the spoil and then write a little note on the planning application saying that the archaeology has been "done" on the site care of Unitof1. I particularly don't want any government pension grabber telling me that I haven't "done" it according to their handbook. And the reason that I don't want a pension grabber about is that they sit around all day talking to developers telling 99% of them that they don't have to worry about an archaeological condition because something called an HER which costs an unsustainable fortune to run (paid for now by archaeologists), tells them somehow that they don't need an archaeologist when in fact they are doing archaeology by telling the developer that and presumably their time is paid for by the tax payer.

Heres a scenario

little old lady rings up some self proclaimed county archaeologist

little old lady:
Hello I want to develop an old gravel quarry site. It has been totally excavated. Do I need to produce any archaeological evidence.

County thingymogig:
No (then just to be sure checks the old HER backs this up(this will take at least three days))

rather than before going anyway near planning control

little old lady:
Hello I want to develop an old gravel quarry site. It has been totally excavated. Do I need to produce any archaeological evidence.

Unitof1
Probably best I did a site visit. I charge a minimum half day. Have you already bought the site and have you considered asking for any claw backs on the sale price with the seller for archaeological expenses.