The costs of archaeology

[Erpingham]

Ever wonder about the financial impact of accidentally finding a major archaeological site during a development?  Here's one we've discussed before, in Dave's imperium

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64875597

[Imperial Dave]

and a good place to hide a budget overspend from elsewhere no doubt!

[Ian61]

How times change - when, in 1879, workmen found the Birdlip graves in Gloucestershire which have been dated  at close to the Boudican revolt the rich grave goods were all carefully removed but the bones were chucked away! This means that no modern analysis of them is now possible unless they can be found.

[Imperial Dave]

good grief....

[Erpingham]

I noticed this in the latest BBC update

Pembrokeshire council deputy leader Paul Miller said digging up the skeletons accounted for £1.5m-£2m.

So 2/3 of the price hike has been down to increasing costs with the building rather than the archaeology.

[Nick Harbud]

They never should have closed Ocky Whites.