Since the Stonehenge A303 tunnel scheme consultation process ended at the end of April, it would seem like all has gone quiet. However there has been a lot going on behind the scenes. UNESCO have been surveying the scheme and producing their own response; UNESCO are the body who award World Heritage Site status to … Read more
The International Council on Monuments and Sites UK (ICOMOS-UK) who play a leading role to implement the 1972 World Heritage Convention in the UK have released their response to the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project indicating that the proposals should be reassessed. ICOMOS-UK wishes to register a strong objection to these proposals in view of the … Read more
Consultation Response: A303 Stonehenge Public Consultation (February – April 2018) We are a team of archaeologists and specialists who carry out internationally recognised research within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site at the Mesolithic site at Blick Mead, just over 2km to the east of Stonehenge (“Blick Mead”). This consultation response has been submitted because, … Read more
Archaeologists from the Blick Mead dig have joined forces with other Stonehenge landscape archaeologists to put forward their fears over Highways England’s plans to tunnel the A303 past Stonehenge. The tunnel is seen as a ‘retrogade step’ and archaeologists claim that consultations have been closed minded to the other, possibly undiscovered, archaeology that lies within … Read more
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