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IT would appear that the protests which have appeared in the Times and elsewhere against the proposed erection of a wireless station at Avebury have been successful. Sir Charles Oman in his presidential address to the Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, as reported in the Times of September 14, announced that he had received a letter from Sir L. Worthington Evans, the Postmaster-General, stating that the proposal would probably be dropped. Recent experience has made it clear that existing legislation for the protection of sites of archaeological importance is inadequate, while it affords no guarantee in the case of any site which is not scheduled under the Protection of Ancient Monuments Act. In the present instance, it is peculiarly disturbing that Government Departments were concerned in what can only be described as an act of vandalism. During the recent meeting of the British Association at Liverpool, reference was made to this matter on more than one occasion, and before the Association dispersed, a resolution was passed which, while instancing the cases of Holmbury Hill, Avebury, and Lulworth Cove, urged strongly in general terms the extension of the powers which may be exercised in the protection of sites of natural beauty or archaeological interest.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 112, 482–485 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112482d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112482d0