Please bear in mind that none of these people live where we live.....as for the input of one Dan Snow - a light weight interloper, see my blog of 8th March 2015
This is Stonehenge Alliances letter to Rt.Hon Mark Harper MP today...
Dear Supporter,We are delighted to tell you that 2,505 of you have raised over £80,000! This is enough for Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site and their legal team to challenge Mark Harper’s decision to approve the Stonehenge road widening scheme and sort tunnel scheme on Tuesday. We were beginning to feel anxious about the shortfall of £8,000 last week when galloping to our rescue came Dale Vince of Ecotricity, who took us over the line. A wonderful omen! We are moved by everybody’s generosity and help during these difficult times. We cannot thank everyone enough for their support and donations. But - we still need your continued support to keep up the pressureOur petition has raced past 231,000 which we'd love to grow to a quarter of a million. Can you encourage others to sign up to our petition? Access to the hearing on 12/13/14 DecemberWe were able to give the Court approximate numbers. So thanks for letting us know your interest in attending in person. The hearing will start at about 10am. There are no special entry procedures, but there will be a security check. We are much looking forward to meeting some of our supporters at our Pavement Protest at 12:45 on Tuesday. It promises to be a colourful affair outside the Royal Courts of Justice (Strand, London WC2A 2L). Until we meet (again)!
Best wishes,
The Stonehenge Alliance |
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Dan Snow sent us this message: “It’s astonishing that the Government is persisting with such a damaging scheme when there’s so much opposition. Even UNESCO opposes it. They’ve got to come up with something better. Simply cutting right through one of the most important archaeological sites on planet earth shows little respect for humanity or our heritage. There are plenty of other solutions that could reduce traffic past Stonehenge.”  Above: Dan Snow, historian and television presenter, met us with Tom Holland shortly after launching the Save Stonehenge campaign 9 years ago. |
STAG says: - Dan....Your usual light weight comment telling us that there are quote: "plenty of other solutions" why have you not come up with any pray?? Also, did you not notice that presently the a303 cuts right through the World Heritage Site or were you blind to that strip of tarmac?? Appears you've missed the point Dan...it's a balance that's needed and there's not a one size fits all! By removing the road (a303) will improve the beloved World Heritage Site and by doing so will also improve the lives of those who live and work in the area close to Stonehenge. |
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Yes, Dan Snow and Tom Holland are historians, making wild and lurid claims. They are not archaeologists. That is why the Council for British Archaeology in an open letter, signed by over 600 archaeologists among many others, deplores the populist rhetoric of Stonehenge Alliance, which is fronted by Holland and Snow. The Council declares that 'The monument of Stonehenge is not under threat. Under no proposed of action would any construction take place within or adjacent to the monument'.
Stonehenge Alliance objects to the tunnel because it is 'short, and comes up within the World Heritage Site, but it will be the second longest road tunnel in Britain and after all the WHS is an artificial construct, bounded for convenience by three roads and the river.
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