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| Stone Formation Archive 1985 |
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published on January 17, 1985 Villagers are ready to stage a sit-down protest if moves are announced today to close a major road running past Stonehenge A working party, set up by the English Heritage Commission to investigate the problems at the Wiltshire monument, is expected to suggest the closure of the A344 so that the stones are returned to their natural setting. But today Tory county councillor Mrs Amy Hall said this move would add miles to villagers' journeys to Amesbury, the nearest town. "I for one am ready to sit down in the road as a symbolic protest, and many others would join me," she said. "A replica must be built to take pressure off the real stones. A foamhenge could go up in Amesbury as the centre of a Walt Disney-style theme park, creating scores of new jobs." The National Trust, which owns 1,500 acres around the 4,500-year-old monument, and the county council both support the road closure. Back to 1985 index |
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