horrocks Posted 8 March , 2020 Share Posted 8 March , 2020 The inexorable march of the turbines continues, this time with no archeology at all. http://www.tank-cambrai.com/english/news/wind-turbines.php https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fury-plans-build-wind-turbines-21648123 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1252200/world-war-1-graves-ww1-wind-turbines-british-heroes-war-france-battlefields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 8 March , 2020 Admin Share Posted 8 March , 2020 They are everywhere on the Cambrai battlefields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 8 March , 2020 Admin Share Posted 8 March , 2020 And not just at Cambrai. This is the view from Neuville-Bourjonval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 8 March , 2020 Admin Share Posted 8 March , 2020 Route des Tanks at Flesquieres and Orival Wood cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrocks Posted 8 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2020 That first photo under lowering skies in post #4 is quite terrifying, Michelle. Your photo in post #3 illustrates how brutal the turbines are when they are en-masse. They can be oddly beautiful in smaller numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 8 March , 2020 Share Posted 8 March , 2020 This is extremely sad. I am not the only one with a relative lying under those fields, with the tiny (forlorn?) hope that some future archaeological search might find a clue. Margaret PS It does remind me of the comment I saw last year about use of a very small section on a far edge of Bosworth Battlefield “How can this happen, would they build on First World War sites?”. Ermmm, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 8 March , 2020 Share Posted 8 March , 2020 Are we in danger of conflating 2 issues; wind turbines, and lack of proper controls during surveys and construction? The former will no doubt polarise views, the latter is probably something that we are mainly in agreement about. And if we are generally in agreement that digging without the correct surveys and, should something be found the correct handling of those finds, is a bad thing, surely the question to ask is what can we do about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 8 March , 2020 Share Posted 8 March , 2020 My comment came from reading the articles, one suggesting that the entire area has been declared as available for use without any archaeological searches (which may or may not be correct but is rather sweeping if true). Wind turbines can be devisive but I do think land should be investigated first, as with any other construction. Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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