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Ideal place for relaxing students?

Submitted by PaulM on Wednesday, 29 January 2003  Page Views: 3123

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A development consortium is hoping to build a university campus, housing and a science park within metres of a Wiltshire stone circle This Is Wiltshire reports.

The campus may hold around 8,000 students from the University of Bath in Swindon and be sited “next to” the stone circle known as Day House Lane or Coate. Five stones of this scheduled site remain so the developers cannot touch the site. Les Durrant, on behalf of the consortium (containing the university, Persimmon Homes and Redrow), said: "We will not disturb this site, I can guarantee that”.

No plans have yet been submitted but the consortium have confirmed that any proposals will be accompanied by full archaeological evaluations.

One local resident is quoted as saying “It would make an excellent place for students at the new university to relax."

For the full story (with picture) see This Is Wiltshire.

PORTAL COMMENT: Clearly this is a proposal to keep a close eye on as this fragile monument will become subjected to a significant increase in the number of visitors leading to erosion and further ruination of the circle.
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Re: Ideal place for relaxing students? by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 March 2009
perhaps the consortium could alter the road, and replan the whole area, so that the circle is restored to its old integrity. Indeed, this could be made a condition of planning permission.
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Re: Ideal place for relaxing students? by Anonymous on Friday, 30 September 2005
never mind relaxing students we need t5o save the wildlife and green fields
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Re: Ideal place for relaxing students? by Anonymous on Saturday, 11 June 2005
The circle apparently is not going to be touched,but what about the rest of the countryside around it?
These planners and Swindon council don't appear to be listening about the enormous impact this will have on the area. It's those £££££££££'s winning again !!!!!
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Re: Ideal place for relaxing students? by TerenceMeaden on Wednesday, 16 June 2004
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We need more details. I visited the site 15 years ago, and found that a road passes through what is left of the stone circle. I would like to hope that the road to any campus will be routed a different way in order to keep itself at a big distance from the Coate stones. We could tell the planners NOW that is what we want.
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Re: Ideal place for relaxing students? by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 January 2003
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I guessed you were going to say it was Coate. Oh dear, creeping suburbanisation.
Andy
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