Dear Everyone, I had this e-mail today from Professor Tony Legge who lives in Harlton (he's an archaeologist). Is this something we should be doing something about? How could we take this forward? Would anyone like to meet for coffee or anything to discuss, e.g. how we can join in with Harlton? or do something on our own? I saw Anne's note about the meeting she attended... As you know, my research area covers the whole of the Bourn Valley, Harlton, the Eversdens etc. and it revealed a prehistoric structure to the whole valley which is unique to the UK - how can I help to put the case against the cement works? Have put my home e-mail address too...

Thanks, from

Sue (Tacq) - home tel: 264 030.

 Dear Susan,

 Here in Harlton we are very alarmed by the Barrington Cement works proposals for a massive expansion of their output. This includes a 180 metre high (yes, 180 metre high) calcining kiln for the cement, and a new road over Fox Down, joining the A603 near to the Wheatsheaf, which will be subject to something like 400 lorry movements a day, for fuel and cement output. The fuel will include packing waste, household refuse and dead cattle.  If you put 'Barrington cement' in your search engine you will get the outline proposals.

 Eversden does not yet seem to be alarmed - but you should be. We now have an action group in Harlton, of which it seems I shall become the chair. We hope to raise significant money and appoint our own expert to prepare a case against the proposals. All nearby villages will be asked to join. So I am calling up all the people who might be sources of evidence or who might have inputs. You may have seen Chris Taylor's bit in 'The Times' on the complete extinction of the Whole Way - the beautiful wooded part on the Barrington side is inside the new proposed quarry. If you drive from Orwell to Barrington, all of the landscape on your left is extinct. So I shall compile evidence on the ancient nature of the landscape on the hilltop - Mare Way, Whole Way the extinct Bench Way, the Roman Road and so on. All of this is under threat. I shall cite your thesis on the ancient field boundaries, so at some stage you might be asked to comment on this. 

  Best regards,

 Tony Legge