Rescue – The British Archaeological Trust is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1971 as a pressure group by a team including the archaeologists Margaret Ursula Jones[1] and Phillip A. Barker.[2]

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]

References

  • Hunter, J. R. and Ralston, I. B. M. (eds), 1993, Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-0275-2
  1. ↑ "Margaret Jones". The Guardian. 2 May 2001. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Fagan, Brian M. (2014). The Great Archaeologists. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500772379. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Browne, Dom. "Stonehenge tunnel plans modified as costs increase". transport-network.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Owen, Jonathan (3 April 2011). "Anger as TV show endorses metal-detecting 'plunderers'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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