Remember our article a couple of weeks ago, What on earth is going on at Duddo Stone Circle? Well now we know, it’s setting IS going to be damaged.
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Mrs Clare Dakin, who allows the public to visit the stones on her land, spoke of her anger at the decision to allow the wind turbine. She said: “I am absolutely furious and devastated. The amount of effort we have put in, not only to open the stones up to the public, we have gone to great effort to make it a place for people to enjoy and appreciate. What is the point in working hard to keep the place special?”
What point indeed, when a family that embraces the Big Society ideal of taking responsibility for their local monument ends up unable to protect it? Particularly in view of the basis of the Inspector’s decision. He said the turbines would “cause some harm to the setting” of the stones but that it would be “less than substantial harm” – which is no basis at all. Most people thought it WOULD be substantial harm so how can it be judged otherwise?
Anyway, the lucky winners, power company 3R Energy Solutions declined to comment. Maybe they were feeling shy, even though they haven’t been up to now. So let’s supply their comment for them: Hooray, the system came up trumps!
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24/01/2014 at 12:07
Elaine
Harm is harm, regardless. How can they say there are differing levels of harm. Ridiculous!
24/01/2014 at 12:18
heritageaction
Well I guess we have to accept a degree of harm to lots of places else the country couldn’t operate, the question is where do you draw the line. As things stand the line seems to be ever more in favour of developers.
24/01/2014 at 15:41
Hengest
Very sad. My colleagues and I (Guardians of the White Horse Stone) have campaigned to prevent the phone company Orange from building a telephone mast right on to of the White Horse Stone in Kent and know how devious such developers can be and how they care nothing for out ancient monuments.