4th January 2013, 09:50 AM
Unitof1 Wrote:the area having to be topsoil stripped and that you are using these features to justify that it be done under archaeological control?
Think this one'll be a bit more than 'strip, map and record'! - anyway, it'll be a lot more complicated than that since effectively it's 3 separate developments, shifting a big gas pipeline, re-aligning one road and then building a big balancing pond for another, although wierdly they're planning to put that on the higher ground in between two ancient ponds - gawd bless engineers!
Some subsequent palaeoenvironmental work's been done by another outfit but I haven't seen the report yet
Anyway, where does the 'justification' bit come in - we've identified the archaeological significance of the site (courtesy of the bits of dead cow - 2 vertebrae) and of course the client is over the moon and anxious to have the place investigated properly - least ways I'm sure that's what they're thinking