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Thornborough latest - call for 'Exclusion zone' protect ancient site Henge Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 22 April 2005  Page Views: 2559

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An "exclusion zone" could be created around the 5,500-year-old Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire, in a bid to protect their archaeology.The eight-square mile area is one suggestion of how to preserve the 5,500-year-old, one of Britain's most important neolithic sites.

However, local landowners and farmers are concerned such controls could hit their livelihoods.
The proposal was revealed to residents at a meeting in West Tanfield, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, on Wednesday, organised by consultants Atkins Heritage, commissioned by English Heritage and the Thornborough Henges Consultation Group to prepare a conservation plan for the area around the henges.

The area under investigation includes the villages of Nosterfield and Thornborough and extends to the outskirts of the villages of Well, Kirklington, Howgrave and West Tanfield.

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Re: Thornborough latest - call for 'Exclusion zone' protect ancient site by Anonymous on Friday, 29 April 2005
Godfrey Jones.

I visited the Thornborough site last year and was appalled to see an open and working landfill site within a few hundred metres of the largest henge . It would seem that there are old quaries in the area, but this surely cannot be allowed to continue.

I have a theory about henges , that the ditches would originally have filled with water and be part of the design- a sort of "water -feature."
The water table presently is lower, but the monument lies in a low alluvial river valleyand would have flooded. Other simmilar sites occour at Dorchester and Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire .The association of early Bronze Age sites with water would be a fruitful avenue of research. Any offers of help or interest would be appreciated.-contact me at "[email protected]
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Re: Thornborough latest - call for 'Exclusion zone' protect ancient site by Anonymous on Tuesday, 26 April 2005
How about a 1000 mile exclusion zone thus avoiding any "quarrying for money" -V- "this is our land - stay off" issues.
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