16th January 2014, 01:54 PM
GnomeKing Wrote:@MiT :- pls explain/expand;
btt-
why are requirements about the ploughsoil so lax?
who can adress this ?
Not to do with metal detecting, but flint.....The English Heritage Research Strategy for Prehistory (consultation draft) does have 'Critical Priority 3: Understanding 'sites without structures' - i.e. flint scatters, but points out that the topsoil is a valuable resource that needs proper evaluation in developer-funded archaeology.
We do (no advert intended
) fieldwalking and sometimes test-pitting and sieving to test this and to mitigate the loss.But I agree it is not standard, and think of those large developments where the topsoil is removed, sold and sent off site.