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Derbyniwyd: 05/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council - Heritage & Culture (Museums)

We welcome the acknowledgement given to the importance of the District's historic environment. However, whilst supporting the strategic objective with which this policy is aligned, it is disappointing that the historic environment is described almost entirely in terms of designated assets, and that apart from the references to Scheduled Ancient Monuments there is little consideration of archaeology.

Under 16.2 it would be helpful if there were some recognition of archaeology; the document could, for example, note that some of the oldest artefacts from the British Isles have been recovered from quarries at Bubbenhall, that the gravel terraces of the Avon are rich in prehistoric cropmarks, and that the towns of Warwick and Kenilworth are archaeologically significant.

At 16.3 archaeological assets could be recognised by insertion of the number of scheduled sites and other archaeological sites in the District noted above.

At 16.5 the list of documents available for research to which the Council has access ought to include the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record and Historic Landscape Characterisation.