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Chris Collyer wrote:
Hiya. I don't know what can be done about the road (I don't think Lincoln needs an eastern bypass myself) but looking through the reports and comparing with maps I've knocked up this plan based on the two sites that Nigel mentioned -

http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/bypass.jpg

The google map shows what looks like several barrows to the south of the river and I've added a dashed line round where the cemetery might be but nothing shows up at the grid ref given in the report for the north side of the river so I've no idea how big the cemetery might be on that side. The road overlay of 'Route Z' on the bottom image shows that it cuts through the southern cemetery but the image is my best guess estimate (ie it's not official).

As for interested parties have you tried the following, they may have been consulted or may have further information?

- Witham Valley Archaeology Research Committee
c/o Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire
The Old School
Cameron Street
Heckington
Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 9RW
or I think you might be able to reach them via this page-
http://www.lincsheritage.org/info/contact.php

-Washingborough Archaeology Group
http://www.thelovens.co.uk/wag/index.html
Their website doesn't seem to have been updated recently so I don't know if they are still operating.

-Chris

hi thanks a lot, the north sides fairly littered ,quite easy to spot when you walk near them, some quite mounded and also fairly sandy in design, thanks again and have a look at big round encloser at 006717 on google earth on pastscape and tell me what you think? theres also cropmarks directly to the sw, which look like they might be later. I would do a link but would'nt have a clue how to!!!!

I don't know if this will be of any help, I just found this item in the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust magazine for January 2010. If the objective is to stop the bypass being built then all environmental aspects should be pursued.

The Trust has welcomed the government’s decision to refuse planning permission for the proposed Westbury Bypass.
The Trust objected at the Public Inquiry last year as the proposals showed a loss for biodiversity rather than the wildlife gain required by various government policies and objectives. There was scope for wildlife to have benefited from more extensive habitat creation but the county council chose not to include this.

This was a national test case, the strength of our legal argument rested on whether the various government policies requiring biodiversity enhancement were Planning Policies, enforceable in law, or just vague aspirations.

While the bypass was turned down mainly on landscape grounds, the Inspector did consider our wildlife arguments.

While de didn’t he did think they merited further consideration by the Minister, so the need for clear and enforceable policy to achieve biodiversity enhancement alongside developments is now sitting on the Minister’s desk …

Development has played a big part in threatening our wildlife - given the scale of the Government’s development plans it needs to play an equally big part in helping to restore it.
Bill Jenman
Head of Biodiversity Action – Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

I did a bit of reading up on the proposed Westbury Bypass and several voluntary orgainsations had banded together to fight it.
I quite liked this (the image of the white horse kicking a lorry off the hill)
http://www.corridor-alliance.co.uk/latestnews.html