Saturday 24 November 2007

BATTLEFIELDS


Some time ago, I raised the issue of the effect of new electric pylons being sited on the Sherrifmuir Battlefield. This battle which took place in 1715 during the first Jacobite Rising was inconlusive. Such was the chaos on the field that the Camerons actually retreated not through cowardice but because they did not know what was going on. Anyway during the inquiry into the siting of the new power line, an expert revealed that none of our battlefields including Culloden and Falkirk are protected from planning applications. This is a serious matter which affects our historical heritage. It is time that we petitioned the Scottish Government to ensure that those iconic places where the great historic disputes were settled are not built over.

2 comments:

OldTarge said...

We should indeed lobby and petition our political masters very strongly at this act of destruction.Would they allow Pylons through the centre of Stonehenge? Perhaps they should build them along the length of Hadrians Wall as well!

Anonymous said...

Very similar.