The ship has set sail, and I think they are so arrogant they will simply ignore the public just as they have ignored for calls to make the information public for five years. If someone raises a squeek over the spending of a large sum of public money, EH have told a side of the story to enthusiastic archaeos and lay archaeos through BA and if asked or encouraged lots of letters of support would be forthcoming based on the story they have been told.

They will simply get away with it.

Apart from the lack of democracy what upsets me most is the lost opportunity - the subject and the issues are just the sort of thing your neighbour or the bloke in your pub quiz team would say "we had a problem like this in the war" "Have they thought about this, or trying that, or this won't work as ours broke." There are millions of people out there that would take an interest and just might bring their life experiences and knowledge earned in all walks of life to bear on the problem if they were given the opportunity - nothing may arise, but in asking you have invoilved and educated people in what Silbury and its construction is all about. No-one for example would climb Silbury if they understood the damage they are causing and the losses that occurr, and those that do go to climb would more likely encounter someone who would educate them.

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