Could I just please say that I won't be able to come down to London for
this.  However for several years I have been making myself unpopular with
the Forestry Commission (it doesn't seem to have had any other effect)over
the inadequacy of the arrangements for dealing with forestry proposals.  In
Highland we deal with an enormous area of such proposals every year.  As the
Forestry Commission will apply the same approach as is accepted in a
planning context it is quite usual for no check to be made on the ground
first.  In remote upland areas, of course, there has often been virtually no
archaeological survey done.  And where it is done, the results can be
startling.  

Please can someone stand up on my behalf and ask for Forestry to be brought
within the T & C Planning framework.  It is absolutely wrong to allow the
present situation to continue.  A lot of Government money is spent on
offering grants to encourage forestry (including native woodlands etc as
well as commercial forestry) but no serious attempt is made to ensure that
unrecorded archaeology is safeguarded.

Someone might like to ask some questions too about the role of Historic
Scotland.

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John Wood
c/o Planning and Development Service
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness  IV3  5NX

Tel:  01463  702502
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cumberpatch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 February 2000 16:48
To: Britarch
Cc: Radical Archaeology Forum
Subject: Fw: Rescue Open Meeting



----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Cumberpatch <[log in to unmask]>
To: Britarch <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Radical Archaeology Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 4:24 PM
Subject: Rescue Open Meeting


> Rescue, The British Archaeological Trust are holding an open meeting on
> Saturday 26th February at 2.00pm at the Museum of London.
>
>     The title and theme of the meeting is:
>
> Archaeology out of town: can it be rescued?
>
>     Urban areas cover only a tiny fraction of Britain's archaeology - yet
> the protection for archaeology affected by threats other than building
> development is minimal.  Are we content to allow agriculture, forestry,
> drainage and quarrying slowly to destroy a large part of Britain's
> archaeology - or should we argue for a change?
>
> Admission to the meeting is free and everyone is welcome.
> The Museum of London is on London Wall, close to the Barbican, St. Pauls
and
> Moorgate underground stations.
>
> Chris Cumberpatch
>


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