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The Thornborough Henges

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Call to protect henges for all time


Fragment from Yorkshire Today web site:
[Timewatch] spokesman George Chaplin said: "The threat of quarrying has not been removed by the planning refusal but it has given time to take stock and for everyone to agree upon the best future for the whole area."

The Timewatch proposals are for:

- a much wider "no quarry zone" extending at least a mile radius from the central monuments

- the preservation of all archaeology within the zone to be the top priority
Read the full article on the Yorkshire Today web site:

http://www.ripontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=18&ArticleID=1365226
Posted by BrigantesNation
24th February 2006ce
Edited 25th February 2006ce

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