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Silbury Hill

Grrr​…

Littlestone wrote:
Can we please have a conversation like intelligent adults who share the same concerns and interests, without resorting to the sarcasm and generally shitty attitude?
I thought that is exactly what we were doing
I wish it were. Nigel's posts have descended into the childish, I'm afraid.

but, re: the ed's comment above, "Please think carefully about the words you use, especially when disagreeing with someone. And at the same time, try not to see offence or a personal attack where none is meant." might be worth reiterating.
I'd consider this the more salient extract:

"Any personal attacks, name-calling, unnecessarily aggressive comments,
unfounded or unreasonable accusations, or general unnecessary vitriol will result in the poster's account being suspended."

As for this thread being exclusively about climbing Silbury. No, it's about any inappropriate behavior at any heritage site, and a call for people to observe basic conservation rules and not try to make personal excuses for flouting those rules.
Whatever you like. Personally, I'm not getting drawn back into the same discussion about Stonehenge that's already taking place in another thread. If Nigel wants to discuss it there, then I'll be happy to do so.

Nigel's posts have descended into the childish, I'm afraid.

I've always been the same. Completely unable to agree with the "gently, gently, let's explain it nicely to them" approach that the archaeological establishment advocates towards metal detectorists and you have advocate towards dozens of ignorant littering drunken idiotic lawbreakers at Stonehenge.

For your information, it has taken ten years of daily personal attacks on me such as yours but the establishment's attitude on metal detecting is now turning decisively in the right direction (PAS is about to write to every landowner in the country saying: “Most archaeologists view metal-detecting rallies as extremely damaging to archaeology” - how about that? Sticking up for what's right DOESN'T necessarily mean you end up isolated, it means you end up right. Detectorists have been "told nicely" how damaging rallies are and have done not a thing about it. Now landowners are to be told "not nicely" and they WILL do something about it. All of which is why I don't give a fig for your attacks on me or your attempts to smooth over the nonsense that goes on at Stonehenge.