Dr Tony Munday presents very clearly the practical objections to building a Stonehenge Tunnel. The drive for this “solution” to the A303 problem seems to come from the archaeological faction’s desire to unearth yet more evidence for presentation on increasingly speculative BBC TV programmes. How about this for a solution with something in it for everybody?
Dig up Stonehenge stone by stone and relocate it at a convenient elevation on the edge of The Plain.
There are precedents. Having done, that run a conventional dual carriageway A303 along an optimum line.
Excavations during road building could go as deep as necessary to unearth everything of archaeological interest. Although expensive, the costs will be much less than a tunnel – good news for taxpayers. No risk of underground disasters. Drainage and water table controllable. The Visitor Centre already depends on motorised access to the Stones so could set off in a different direction.
David Arundale Salisbury
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