Representation by Madeleine Atkinson
- Date submitted
- 10 January 2019
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I support the Council for British Archaeology's statement regarding the Stonehenge Tunnel, which they describe as "will cause considerable damage to the surviving archaeological remains within the WHS & to the setting of key monuments within the landscape."
While I understand there would be some merits to the tunnel I don't think they come even remotely close to justifying the damage it would do to the area. I fear that because there have been relatively recent discoveries in the landscape around Stonehenge, there are more artefacts to be found which may be destroyed by the building of the tunnel.
The fact that our government supports the preservation of our shared history (whether it be through funding museums or charities like English Heritage) is a great source of pride for me. I think that in increasingly divided times the reverence of places of such great historical significance like Stonehenge is vital. I feel Tom Holland's description of the Tunnel as "desecrating the Stonehenge landscape" is accurate, and to build the tunnel would set a concerning precident for respect paid to other, less well known but still important, sites around the UK.