Comments on: Rotherwas Ribbon – A Road Runs Through It

By: tinyplanet » It's not just us

tinyplanet » It's not just us — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:35:49 +0000

[...] Anthropolgy.net has a post up about how a British local authority is about to put a road through a Bronze Age site. [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:04:30 +0000

As far as I understand it, English Heritage were due to visit the site yesterday afternoon – Monday 9th, so hopefully they will come to a quick decision and cease the road construction immediately – as soon as I hear more I’ll post an update. Tim

By: Jonathan HInes

Jonathan HInes — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:15:52 +0000

The other thing to make clear is that what they have discovered is a 60metre length of something much bigger! The 60m length is just the section under the road excavations. Surely the road should be stopped immediately, and a full archaeoligical investigation undertaken?

By: Rob Hattersley

Rob Hattersley — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:11:38 +0000

The ribbon was not known about by the public until this week – the news broke in the local papers and the BBC on Weds/Thurs. Experts I spoke to on site today said they had known about it “for weeks”. Excavations only started a month or so ago so it was not known about before that. The battle for/against the merits of the road itself have been going on since the early 90s. The govt. said there was no economic case for it and UDP inspectors advised a route much further away from Dinedor Hill.