A lot of NE staff have been culled already I believe so they're very stretched and with worse to come. Ditto EH of course. Most farms are now in NE schemes - which means most archaeology as well as wildlife, but I understand the archaeology takes only a small portion of their attention - their Head isn't an archaeo. Add to this the fact the schemes are all financed by means of payment of European money to the farmers - which must amount to squillions of Euros. If that stops, and we're no longer paying farmers to leave field margins or to avoid ploughing barrows.....
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