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| The concept seems positive, the objectives are laudable. The use of volunteers is workable, as long as they are given some decent archaeological surveying training (I'm not sure how much long-term use the data will be if it just says "there are some bumps"). But part of me does worry that this is more evidence of getting people to do work for nothing, work that would previously have warranted employing people and properly training them to do this kind of skilled enterprise. You could argue that this is not practical in the current climate ("they're cutting the NHS for goodness sake, surely money is better spent on hospitals than surveying hillforts, etc etc") and you could well be right, but personally I'd happily see some of our defence budget go and EH, RCAHMW, etc be given the money to employ people to carry out this properly, in a way that would add vast value to the data for future generations to study. In Wales, the upland monuments are being comprehensively surveyed and mapped by the various regional Archaeological Trusts* - would it not be better to fund bodies like that to carry out this work? I'm not suggesting that they couldn't use volunteer resources to help them, just that in my mind the project justifies a heavier bias towards using skilled, professional resource and paying the people involved fairly for that work. In government-speak, creating some real employment opportunities in the heritage sector. *http://www.cpat.org.uk/wat.htm Reply | with quote |  9th July 2013ce 19:30 In reply to: Re: Hill-fort Survey (Evergreen Dazed) |
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