24th June 2014, 10:04 AM
Dangerous route. They all are especially to little children, stray animals, but that's not often mentioned in the design and access statements.. (be interesting to know who owns the route, presumably it becomes adopted by the authorities)
but this site does seems to have had an evaluation which is good in my book, no mention of heritage statements /dbas
but this site does seems to have had an evaluation which is good in my book, no mention of heritage statements /dbas
Quote: "The larger part of the site was destroyed in January during the building of an access road to a new housing development. "Archaeologists tested the area before construction work began, but the 'trial excavation' used the wrong archaeological methods and as a result nothing was found. "The archaeological layer, which contained early Mesolithic flints and possibly other material, was left in spoil heaps near the road. These have not been protected and soil from the heaps has subsequently been redistributed."'trial excavation' ? What wrong archaeological methods were used? If the archaeologists who did the evaluation have said that there is nothing there then is it a question of sample size? You would think that they were aware of any SMR reports. The interview makes it sound like you couldn't hope to miss a microlith but then northern Ireland works under its own myths and legends..Is there a licenced archaeological system there?
.....nature was dead and the past does not exist