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Re: Avebury
Mar 20, 2018, 11:00
lol@ muddy-puddle Risk-Assessments...

BUT:

In all seriousness - and with some inside knowledge - there IS an increasing EROSION problem at Avebury.

The topsoil/surface is becoming badly damaged in places - this affects surface drainage and accelerates the problem.

There really is LONG-term risk to the overall monument, its setting, and potentially its accessibility....IF nothing is done soon :/

None of the problems are insurmountable -
However where is the funding and will ??

The Wiltshire County Archaeologist seems to have very little interest in the site and is probably wetting panties at the prospect of the Stonehenge Tunnel.

A very small fraction of 2.2 billion would certainly help resolve long term erosion at Avebury ...:/

A recent proposal was to create interactive-portable apps for visors at the site, including visualizations of the monument and virtual-overlay type images. etc etc...

This was part of upgrading Aveburys internet connection and creating better visitor center, with the aim of offsetting some possible restrictions on direct footfall over the most sensitive parts of the monument (and also a source of direct income for the Monument itself - now necessary after Governmental changes in funding policies...!)

This was blocked by the Wiltshire County Archaeologist - no funding or action is proposed for Avebury - and thus the Avebury Mangers must take the only course of action left - and directly close off parts of the Monument, for the sake of preventing damage.

So - bad though this may seem, the blame MUST NOT be placed on the Avebury Staff, who strive very hard to both preserve and present the monument to the public (and now have to generate income as well).

Instead blame government policy and the (in)competency of Wiltshire CC !!!

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