Featured: Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Random Image

Dolmen de Sapchat

Dolmen de Sapchat

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Login

Register here - as a registered user you get more features and fewer ads.

Who's Online

There are currently, 1358 guests and 0 members online.

Sponsors

<< News >> MP's fury over Stonehenge funding

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 04 June 2007  Page Views: 2550

StonehengeCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Stone Circle

Internal Links:

A former Transport and Heritage minister is calling for Stonehenge to be removed from the list of World Heritage sites. Salisbury's Conservative MP Robert Key says a failure to deliver long overdue improvements means Stonehenge no longer deserves the listing.

He claims money for improvements is being diverted to the Olympics.

He is writing to the UNESCO committee asking for the British government to be called to account.

More at bbc.co.uk.

<< Fathers of the zodiac tracked down

Ancient Artificial Eyeball Found in Burnt City Presented in Rome >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Prehistoric Avebury

Prehistoric Avebury

Sponsors

More News

See all News →

Latest Visit Logs

  • Grande menhir du Juoilles
    “Wow! Very big! I visited at night which made the whole thing extra spooky, but this one is really…”
    by Yannic · 14 Jul 2026
  • Menhir de Lubac
    “Required a bit of (very) light bushwacking to get to, there's kind of a side path leasing up to it b…”
    by Yannic · 14 Jul 2026
  • Crawcwellt Kerb Cairn
    “A nightmare to find in the summer tall grasses, but worth it”
    by w650marion · 14 Jul 2026
  • Godrevy Headland Barrow
    “Today is a circular walk around the Godrevy headland on a very sunny day. Some lovely clifftop views…”
    by TheCaptain · 14 Jul 2026
  • Iron Smelting Hut Crawcwellt West
    “Easy to find after the big one!”
    by w650marion · 14 Jul 2026

"MP's fury over Stonehenge funding" | Login/Create an Account | 5 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: MP's fury over Stonehenge funding by Anonymous on Thursday, 14 June 2007
"Robert Key has been Conservative Member of Parliament for Salisbury since June 1983" - his website.
And what has he done for Stonehenge in the last 24 years? Did he protest about the disgraceful behaviour of the police at the "Battle of the Bean Field"?
I think he should resign now in protest of his incompetence.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: MP's fury over Stonehenge funding by kooljeff on Wednesday, 13 June 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
I have to say I agree with an MP (and a Tory one at that) for a change. The government want the kudos of a World Heritage site but don't want to spend money on it. As Robinson says they want it on the cheap.

My opinion of New Labour is that they hate the countryside, rural people and their way of life and especially anything old. They want [b]New[/b] Labour, [New] Britain and [New] Motorways covering up everything else.

The solution is simple lose the road or dig the tunnel.

As for obligations towards World Heritage sites, I quote (my emphasis)

Inclusion in the World Heritage List is essentially honorific and leaves the existing rights and obligations of owners, occupiers and planning authorities unaffected. A prerequisite for World Heritage Site status is, nevertheless, the existence of effective legal protection and the establishment or firm prospect of management plans agreed with site owners to ensure each site’s conservation and presentation.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: MP's fury over Stonehenge funding by Anonymous on Sunday, 10 June 2007
I live in Shrewton, that is just past Stonehenge, it means that I have to catch the bus from Salisbury that all of the Stonehenge visitors take, the MP's ought to catch it and listen to the remarks that the tourists make about stonehenge, they all feel let down and disgusted with the site, like me many wonder why in this day and age the stones haven't been stood back up or placed in their proper position's, stones will break down quicker once left on the ground, I feel disgusted when I have to listen to the comments that they make upon their return journey. Can't someone put the "Stone's" back to their former glory?
Foxtrot
[ Reply to This ]

Re: MP's fury over Stonehenge funding by akhen3sir on Thursday, 07 June 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
While I agree with his main thrust about the parlous state of the situation, I think he's going about this the wrong way.

The Govt plainly don't care much about the UNESCO status - in fact they have, I believe, no actual obligation to 'do' anything with a world heritage site (though I'd love to be corrected on this).

Ruth Kelly giving permission to English Heritage to go ahead with their new visitor centre at Countess roundabout, while retaining the planning condition that it can only proceed when the published plan for the A303 is in train, is smoke and mirrors and moves things no further forward. EH appealed to her to give them permission to go ahead *without* the A303 condition, and effectively she turned them down - though it's been well spun by EH in their press releases.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: MP's fury over Stonehenge funding by Andy B on Tuesday, 05 June 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
There are a couple of TV download links on the page below which I think relate to this and the 'New 7 Wonders' business
http://stonehenge.mercurymoon.co.uk/tv.html
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.