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Rhiannon May 27, 2003 10:10:21

Replying to BrigantesNation

From what you've said it does rather sound as though (without getting all conspiracy theory about it) that the people who've set up the 'Friends' aren't particularly friendly to the site at all. Sounds like you care very deeply though. The objections have to be in soon? Do they have to come from an organised group or can anyone produce them? If the latter, can you club together with some like-minded people and do something in time?
Perhaps you shouldn't be worrying about upsetting these people. It does sound rather odd when you say one of them makes a living out of beautifying quarried holes. Do bodies like EH have any interest in what's about to happen?
what do you think you'll do?

BrigantesNation May 27, 2003 10:34:10

Replying to Rhiannon

The first thing I'm trying to do (bloody pc keeps hanging!!!!) is to get the contact details on the local and national councillors that need to be pushed and post it on my "Firnds of Thornborough" website, so individuals can start writing letters.

Secondly, I think that I need to address the questions: why is this site important, and why is the surrounding area so important.

I have pictures, taken from one of the areas currently being quarried which show post hole alignments pointing directly to the entrance of the Northern henge, in the current quarry area there are four such alighnments.

I have been able to see details of the new quarry area initial investigation, which, while it shows around 80 post holes, does not correctly records them - location marked wrong, no relationship recorded between the holes.

After these photo's were taken, the alignments were bulldozed. Clearly the quarrying company knows that they are destroying important archaeology and know that if they do not record it as anything significant, no-one will know.

Have I been clear about the level of quarrying that is planned? in six years or so only the banks of the henges will remain. The entire surrounding area (minus one cursus - there are two, only one is protected) will have been removed to a depth of up to 20ft.