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slumpystones Jan 25, 2007 15:16:22
Replying to fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo wrote:
The Henges themselves are not currently under threat...
Do I detect a sense of fatalism here Fitz?

This crime is just the first of many small steps, eventually it will be a formality to move or eradicate any monument deemed unnecessary.

I remember getting an archaeological survey report when they were building the M40 up to Banbury, it was quite frightening reading.

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Jan 25, 2007 15:53:37
Replying to slumpystones

Hi Slumpy,
I would say that no where is ever 100% safe, there are too many variables. Pressures for housing, agriculture, roads, natural resources. We're a heavily populated relatively small group of islands, so there is always going to pressure on the land.
Imagine what would happen if the predicted rise in sea levels occurs. A massive movement of population inland from the coast. Yorkshire, having more acres than words in the bible, would be a prime candidate for new communities. The fact that a parcel of land contains a scheduled monument will be neither here nor there.

doom and gloom
fitz