The Little Ice Age:
How Climate Made History 1300-1850
by Brian M. Fagan
Paperback
Posted on 07/11/2008 6:14:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A Cumbrian hill farmer who planned to build a sheep shelter in the fells, near Buttermere, may have to pay thousands of pounds for an archaeological dig after evidence of an 800-year-old dairy farm was discovered on the land... Buttermere hill farmer, Willie Richardson, who owns his own farm, Gatesgarth, one of the biggest in the Lake District... has been waiting eight months for a decision from the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) on his plans for the 1,235 square metre shelter at Gatesgarth Farm, Buttermere. Now the work has been delayed indefinitely after an archaeological officer visited the site in October and discovered the remains of a 1260 dairy farm...
"It was supposed to be a dairy farm in 1260. The upshot is they say I must first commission an archaeological dig, and it could cost up to £10,000. Think about it! I will have paid a blooming fortune out to be able to get permission and there's no guarantee I can still get permission."
...Steve Ratcliffe, director of planning and partnerships at the LDNPA, said he would investigate the long delay...: "I can understand Mr Richardson's frustration, I will be investigating the processes that have led to the delay. I would stress how we want to work with Mr Richardson to come to a swift conclusion on this one."
(Excerpt) Read more at whitehaven-news.co.uk ...
The first Herdwick sheep probably came with Norse settlers in the 10th century. Although they may have been part of the flocks of the Cistercian monks of Furness Abbey. Either way they have been indigenous for the last 1000 years. The Herdwick is seen around the Duddon Valley, the Coniston Fells, the Buttermere Fells and through Borrowdale and Wasdale up to the highest land in England, the Scafells. The Swaledales are found throughout the northern counties of England, and on the Pennines. The Rough Fell breed roams the Howgill Fells around Kendal, Sedbergh, Tebay and up to Shap in south-east Cumbria. *
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The bloody govt. should pay for the dig seeing that if one finds some ancient Roman coins or other historic relics in their garden, the government takes it.
Seems fair.
This sort of mess encourages farmers to bulldoze any evidence of archaeological remains.
The Little Ice Age:
How Climate Made History 1300-1850
by Brian M. Fagan
Paperback
He should do what the previous generations did. Build on top of the former structures. If the foundations were good enough for those 800 yr ago, should be good enough for those today.
It’s England. Is there anyplace there that doesn’t have evidence of prior civilization?
“It’s England. Is there anyplace there that doesn’t have evidence of prior civilization?”
Exactly. I heard someone call it “archeological background noise.” There’s hardly any part of Europe that doesn’t have *some* bit of archeology if you look hard enough.
Keep them where? Whipsnade Zoo, or Bedlam?
A ready source of income for the government coffers....
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