[Stones] stonehenge

[The Wissers]

Good, interesting, and thoughtful post, Andy. Thank you.

Andy Norfolk wrote:

> I got into all this stuff by being inspired by John Michell's "View 
> over Atlantis" and Guy Underwood's "Pattern of the Past". I did a 
> landscape archaeology evening class in the1970s when I was doing a 
> landscape architecture course at what was then Leeds Poly. For me it's 
> always been about how the sites fit into the landscape. I'd guess 
> anyone from an earth mysteries background is going to  look at the 
> bigger picture as a matter of habit. These days as part of my work I 
> do a lot of "landscape and visual impact assessments", which means 
> using landscape characterisation techniques. I find it hard to 
> understand just how site focussed some folk are - and I don't think 
> many local authorities really understand the L&VIA process or even 
> landscape characterisation. The whole planning process is very site 
> focussed and that's part of the problem we will always face.
>
> Andy N