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British charitable organization

Rescue – The British Archaeological Trust is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1971 as a pressure group by a team including the archaeologists Margaret Ursula Jones, Phillip A. Barker, and Martin Biddle.

The Trust campaigns for government funds to permit the excavation of archaeological sites in advance of road-building, construction or other development. Specific actions include opposing the planned tunnel near the site of Stonehenge, proposed in 2017, claiming that it could threaten the site's UNESCO heritage status, and criticising the use of metal detectors to discover items of cultural significance.

References

  • Hunter, J. R. and Ralston, I. B. M. (eds), 1993, Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Stroud: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-0275-2
  1. "Margaret Jones". The Guardian. 2 May 2001. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Fagan, Brian M. (2014). The Great Archaeologists. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500772379. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. Muhly, James D. (1977). "Martin Biddle will take over as director of the University Museum". Expedition Magazine. No. 19–2. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. Browne, Dom. "Stonehenge tunnel plans modified as costs increase". transport-network.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. Owen, Jonathan (3 April 2011). "Anger as TV show endorses metal-detecting 'plunderers'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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