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Stonehenge

Pick the bones out of this

nigelswift N
nigelswift Feb 5, 2006 23:05:29
Replying to Hob

I believe the EH Commission has directed that an intellectually robust definition of "setting" should be developed. Hoisted petard time maybe?

In any case, ANY discussion of setting is likely to be on our side I'd have thought. Can the creation of an ideal setting be said to include the insertion of a multi-million pound visitors centre within the viewshed of the monument?... Not to mention the fact that it's a bit passé ... !

As for the cost issue, we might have a head start there as well. Everyone knows the sector is skint, and getting worse. However iconic Stonehenge is can such a disproportionate lump of the cake be bestowed on an interpretation centre for that when most other places are lucky to get an information board???

P PeterH
PeterH Feb 6, 2006 10:34:59
Replying to nigelswift

As a first step, I have published an item from Andy Worthington on the front page of the Portal. This draws attention to the current "consultations" and the questionaire (http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/3659.aspx). It may be a good idea to widely publish Nigel's version NOW so that we can encourage visitors to the Portal, TMA and HA to not only complete the questionaire but to argue our case.

The time to make our case is now.

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