21st September 2013, 08:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 21st September 2013, 09:12 PM by John Wells.)
Here at West Lothian Archaeology, as a non-commercial organisation, we specialise in remote sensing techniques.
When you see robbed out local sites like Raven Craig Cairn:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/ravencraig.htm
you do feel that it would be good to bring in a team with status to excavate vulnerable sites of national importance, like the cairn near Broomy Knowes:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/riccartoncairn.htm
(Cairn top left with two people stood just below)
Peace Knowe Hillfort is to the immediate East:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/peaceknowe.htm
Cairnpapple to the SW:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/cairnpapple.htm
and Cockleroy Hillfort to the WNW:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/cockleroy.htm
Heritage funding is not necessarily a problem here in West Lothian, at the moment, as the county has been targeted by the National Lottery as a special case.
Local heritage groups have been approached by enterprising individuals proposing all sorts of projects, with absolutely no background in anything to do with our local heritage, purely as a means of employment.
Where are the commercial archaeology groups?
When you see robbed out local sites like Raven Craig Cairn:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/ravencraig.htm
you do feel that it would be good to bring in a team with status to excavate vulnerable sites of national importance, like the cairn near Broomy Knowes:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/riccartoncairn.htm
(Cairn top left with two people stood just below)
Peace Knowe Hillfort is to the immediate East:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/peaceknowe.htm
Cairnpapple to the SW:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/cairnpapple.htm
and Cockleroy Hillfort to the WNW:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/cockleroy.htm
Heritage funding is not necessarily a problem here in West Lothian, at the moment, as the county has been targeted by the National Lottery as a special case.
Local heritage groups have been approached by enterprising individuals proposing all sorts of projects, with absolutely no background in anything to do with our local heritage, purely as a means of employment.
Where are the commercial archaeology groups?