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Archaeologist in plea to save the Maze from bulldozers
Archaeologist in plea to save the Maze from bulldozers
Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent
Friday August 12, 2005
The Guardian
Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent
Friday August 12, 2005
The Guardian
continue reading: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1547702,00.html
It is one of the most notorious prisons in Europe, soon to be transformed into a sports stadium to host football matches for the London Olympics.
But a British archaeologist warns today that the multimillion-pound redevelopment of the Maze prison in Northern Ireland will see hundreds of acres of buildings bulldozered before crucial historical research has been carried out.
Laura McAtackney of Bristol University argues in British Archaeology magazine that the Maze "remains in limbo, at an uncomfortable crossroads between the present and past, between history and heritage".
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