No, I hadn't heard of this.  Reminds me of the development fight in northern
Virginia two years ago.  I'll have to remember the phrase "historical
vandalism."

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> Subject: Re: is Hastings in danger?
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Vincent Lyon & Vivianne Holt wrote:
>
> > I heard a 2 line story on National Public Radio this morning
> with sadly few details concerning the site
> > of the 1066 battle of Hastings.
> > They said there is a move to use the land as a refuse dump.
> > I wondered if any of our colleagues in the British Isles could
> confirm or deny that story.
> > Vincent Lyon
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> Vincent:
>
> No, the battlefield site (in so far as it is known) has legal protection
> for its historic importance, nd part of it is in national "guardianship".
>
> However, there is a controversial proposal for landfill nearby, and on
> land which it is argued would have been used for mustering troops and
> cavalry before (and perhaps during) the actual fighting.
>
> This is very much a repeat of the long-running opposition to the building
> of a major new east-west link road close to site the Battle of Nasby - the
> final decisive battle of the English Civil War.  All Government experts
> and most other specialists agreed that while the road would clearly change
> the setting it would not cross the reputed site of the battle itself.
> However, many people supported local residents who were objecting to the
> road project in principle, and presented the historical vandalism case as
> part of an overall "package" of objections.
>
> from the interviews with the two sides I heard, Hastings looks like a
> re-run of this.
>
>
> Patrick Boylan
>
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