TT had nothing to do with any decisions re the excavation it was all EH with the archeos on the ground...

I don't know if it would still have been there in 40 years, 400 years or even 4000. I personally doubt it, very large storms have removed vast swathes of the peat beds on that shore line overnight, so maybe it would have survived another 40 years, but whether it would survive a once in a generation storm I just don't know.

The fact it was being revealed regularly meant that a significant amount of the surrounding trees were destroyed and not preserved.