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| I've heard it said that you need permission to do geophys but I'm not sure where the law says that. Scheduled Monuments are regulated by The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/r[...]onumentsAct1979forCase3276.pdf and I'm not sure that says permission is needed. It says you can't use a metal detector without permission, for sure, and it says you need permission to do a survey, but that seems to be specifically a survey in connection with valuing it for acquisition and finding out the nature of the subsoil and the presence of minerals. I can't see anything saying you can't use a non-intrusive instrument (apart from a metal detector) to find out what archaeology is there purely to satisfy your curiosity. I presume its different if the monument is on land controlled by a body like the National Trust that has powers to specify exactly what activities are permissible on their land through making byelaws. If they want to say geophys isn't allowed they're entitled I guess. Though barmy, as they would be hard pushed to say why. Reply | with quote |  6th April 2007ce 09:08 In reply to: Re: Long Meg geophysics survey discovers possible (slumpystones) |
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