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nigelswift
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Re: Ritual Landscapes
Sep 06, 2005, 07:41
I don't remember if this thread came to any conclusions about what constitutes a ritual landscape, but something has happened at Thornborough that's relevant.

Tarmac have made an expansive gesture of offering a chunk of land near to the henges as a "gift to the nation". Initially, this seemed to be conditional upon them getting their hands on Ladybridge, further away, and was effectively a bribe, but they've subsequently had to make it an unconditional offer - someone realised it looked stinky I suppose.

In truth, they're giving land that they probably could never have quarried so they're not really losing anything, but the fact remains they're effectively defining what THEY believe is the ritual landscape and what they believe isn't. If only there was a decent official definition or consensus on these matters, places would be better protected. Same applies, for instance, to how close to a scheduled monument you can metal detect. It's defined by a line on a map - that's non too precise and often mighty close.
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