Rescue – The British Archaeological Trust
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates 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,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Phillip A. Barker,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Martin Biddle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and criticising the use of metal detectors to discover items of cultural significance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
- Hunter, J. R. and Ralston, I. B. M. (eds), 1993, Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Stroud: Alan Sutton. Template:ISBN