[Stones] Silbury updates

[Ric]

--- littlestone <littlestone at supanet.com> wrote:

>Meanwhile, English Heritage have said that,
> "Each Friday, starting with the 18th of May, a new
> PDF will be made available which will show how far
> we have got into the tunnel, with images from inside
> Silbury Hill and an update on the key progress and
> findings from that week of the project."* That was
> three days ago - so far zilch. Nor have English
> Heritage answered the question I sent their 'Ask the
> Experts' link** last week (or any other questions
> anyone else may have asked them). Perhaps their
> experts are away on a long weekend - that is, after
> all, more important than keeping the concerned
> taxpayer up-to-date with how their money is being
> spent on possibly the most important conservation
> project of the century. Then again, if past
> performance on the conservation of Silbury is
> anything to go by, perhaps EH are employing the
> wrong sort of expert... or worse, don't actually
> have any experts qualified for the task. Time will
> tell.
> 
> *
>
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.17511
> **
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.17513>


in my dealings with EH i gained the distinct
impression that, rather than being civil/public
servants (paid for by us), they rather take the view
that they actually 'own' the monuments in their care,
and have actually taken up residence in the 'nicer'
examples, at our expense, of course? it will indeed be
interesting to see if EH do deign to keep us informed
of events at Silbury?

Ric