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Andy B
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|  Posted 16-01-2010 at 18:46
Lots of fuss in the Guardian about this magazine I've never heard of naming Stonehenge in a list of 'threatened wonders'.
I'm not even going to clog up our Stonehenge page any further with this rubbish.
"The obvious remedy is a tunnel taking the A303 underground, which has been put forward."
Perhaps obvious to someone who sends out press releases of silly lists but hasn't followed the arguments properly. Hugely damaging in it's own right more like.
Anyway without getting into that, here's their list:
Threatened wonders 2010
http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/article.php?page_id=3135
[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2010-01-16 18:49 ]
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| Posted 16-01-2010 at 18:51
Museums & English Heritage unite for Stonehenge show to "draw on all the senses"
A plan to actively encourage Stonehenge visitors to understand the wider archaeological landscape of Wiltshire through surrounding museum collections has been given the go-ahead.
The new Stonehenge visitor centre at Airman’s Corner (seephoto at Culture 24) will tell the story of the stones in a dedicated exhibition space after English Heritage, the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum and the Wiltshire Heritage Museum agreed a joint project under a Memorandum of Understanding last week.
Important artefacts including Wiltshire Heritage’s Bush Barrow Treasures – the Bronze Age burial described as "Britain's first crown jewels" when it was found at Stonehenge in 2009 – will be loaned to English Heritage for the dedicated display, which aims to entice visitors to explore the wider region as well as the famous stones.
"This is an exciting development which means that together we can present the full story of Stonehenge and encourage visitors to explore Wiltshire," said David Dawson, Director of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.
"The future exhibition will draw on all the senses and lead people to a greater understanding not just of Stonehenge but the generation of the people who built it," said Loraine Knowles, Stonehenge Project Director at English Heritage.
"The knowledge and collections that local museums can contribute to creating this experience is considerable and I am very pleased that we are working together."
Adrian Green, Director of the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, said he was "delighted" with the partnership.
"We look forward to supporting the development of the visitor centre, and also redisplaying our own nationally important collections from the World Heritage Site to complement the new exhibition at Stonehenge," he added.
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/archaeology/megaliths+and+prehistoric+archaeology/art74812
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