The Trust campaigns for government funds to permit the excavation of archaeological sites in advance of road-building, construction or other development. Specific actions include opposing the planned tunnel near the site of Stonehenge, proposed in 2017, claiming that it could threaten the site's UNESCO heritage status,[3] and criticising the use of metal detectors to discover items of cultural significance.[4]
Referencesedit
Hunter, J. R. and Ralston, I. B. M. (eds), 1993, Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN0-7509-0275-2
^"Margaret Jones". The Guardian. 2 May 2001. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^Fagan, Brian M. (2014). The Great Archaeologists. Thames & Hudson. ISBN9780500772379. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^Browne, Dom. "Stonehenge tunnel plans modified as costs increase". transport-network.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^Owen, Jonathan (3 April 2011). "Anger as TV show endorses metal-detecting 'plunderers'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
External linksedit
Official website
Nokta Metal Detectors
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