Good evening Your Worship, how are you?

Whether the claim is justified is open to discussion but IMO it's one of the least likely ones to be upheld.

EH's new Heritage Protection Glossary is the best guide http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/advice/hpg/hpr-glossary/ as it gives the relevant definitions, but the government, like they do, has loaded the dice anyway, as we said in our piece on the definitions -

"Buffer zone: “A buffer zone is an area surrounding [a] property which has complementary legal and/or customary restrictions placed on its use constituting and development to give an added layer of protection to the property. This should include the immediate setting of the property, important views and other areas or attributes that are functionally important as a support to the property and its protection. The area the buffer zone should be determined in each case through appropriate mechanisms.” [UNESCO 2005]

Of course, that’s a UNESCO definition not a UK one and needs to be read with other entries such as Setting and Significance. What really sticks out though is how the ideal definitions expressed under those headings somehow don’t stand up very strongly in the eyes of Inspectors when considering Planning Appeals, especially ones involving wind farms. Amongst other things of course the Government has effectively said to them if its going to generate loads of juice the country needs it, so say yes!"

So when can we expect that article you promised us? Eh?
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Why not stick it on Beacon hill whilst they're at it, and run the cable along one of the cursi. ?

Seriously though Bridlington is only 8 miles away so why not stick it on the coast there and run a cable. Personally i hate the things but i understand they are necessary, But why do we have to spoil ritual landscapes with them when there's plenty of other places they could go. ?

If this happens i'll pay one last visit beforehand then never return.

I have no issue with wind turbines and actually think they are rather beautiful things. As long as there is no damage to the archaeology, I am absolutely in favour.
The Rudston monolith is unnatural, the church is unnatural, the farmed landscape is unnatural, just as the turbines are. They do not belch smoke or harm the environment. In my view they should be embraced as a positive addition to the modern landscape.

Considering the course we have taken since the first monuments went up and the first farms were created, I think the turbines represent a period of our history when we perhaps began to 'care' again, for the planet, for eachother (if it doesn't sound too wet) and I think a rural landscape which incorporates both prehistoric monuments and this beautiful machinery born of forward thinking and representing human know-how used for positive effect is a very fine thing indeed.