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whatisthat Oct 10, 2006 10:01:23
Replying to Chris

Chris wrote:
1. Should they be added?
A difficult one which brings to the fore the two (maybe) slightly conflicting aims of the TMA database.

1. To provide a complete database of sites like an official SMR.
2. To provide an easy to use gazetteer that visitors planning a trip can use to get them to the best sites in an unfamilar area.

In Anglesey there are 18 megalithic tombs with something to see, 7 destroyed and 19 possibles (according to this book here). If the destroyed and possibles were included it would satisfy 1 above but not help 2 as it would clutter up the Anglesey page with sites which are probably of no interest to most monument visitors.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Oct 10, 2006 10:25:27
Replying to whatisthat

Several places seem to have been added already with (Site of) appended. This does seem to the accepted norm in archaeo speak.

C Chris
Chris Oct 10, 2006 10:39:15
Replying to whatisthat

whatisthat wrote:
Chris wrote:
1. Should they be added?
A difficult one which brings to the fore the two (maybe) slightly conflicting aims of the TMA database.

1. To provide a complete database of sites like an official SMR.
2. To provide an easy to use gazetteer that visitors planning a trip can use to get them to the best sites in an unfamilar area.

In Anglesey there are 18 megalithic tombs with something to see, 7 destroyed and 19 possibles (according to this book here). If the destroyed and possibles were included it would satisfy 1 above but not help 2 as it would clutter up the Anglesey page with sites which are probably of no interest to most monument visitors.

Agreed. However, if they had their own sub-category, they could be filtered out. Or even be not usually visible, with an option to 'filter in'.

FourWinds wrote:
Several places seem to have been added already with (Site of) appended. This does seem to the accepted norm in archaeo speak.
I have done that myself - the problem is I am now finding dozens of sites, which would somewhat clutter the gazetteer as whatisthat suggests.