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Anyone care to comment upon such destruction?

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juamei J
juamei May 14, 2012 22:20:27
Replying to GLADMAN

GLADMAN wrote:
juamei wrote:
Hey Gladman,

Did you get any joy off the fine people at EH?

Cheers

As it happens.... I've just checked my mail and see I've received a reply from Nick Croxson of English Heritage South West Region:

"Thank you for your email and for bringing this to our attention. I will look into the matter and hope that we can work with the landowner to bring this barrow back into good condition".

Guess this is what we need to do any time we stumble across something like this.

Hmmm. I know the landowner has to be worked with, but part of me wonders if they haven't committed a criminal act by allowing this to happen. Good job on you emailing them, not so satisfactorily a job by EH imo...

W Welsh Andy
Welsh Andy May 25, 2012 12:13:53
Replying to juamei

Agricultural activities are generally not affected by the scheduling of a site or monument. The farmer would have had to have wilfully damaged the monument to have committed a criminal act.
I had a quick butcher at the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record and couldn't find any mention of the site. Though it could obviously be known by another name and I don't have the local knowledge to spot it.
It could also be worth highlighting it to the county archaeologist.

http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/smr_search.php?parish_in=Warminster

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