How the super-rich are digging down in London

Re:How the super-rich are digging down in London by burfog on Sunday May 13, 2018 @04:26PM (#17060876)

I would expect the seriously historic stuff to be underground. That is where the ancient Roman stuff would be best preserved.

I wonder how often an inconvenient archaeological site gets quietly disposed of.

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Re:How the super-rich are digging down in London by fredley on Sunday May 13, 2018 @05:01PM (#17061032)

They don't get 'disposed of'. Whenever there are large excavations it's a planning requirement to turn the site over to archaeologists first, who can find anything that's to be found before it's dug out. E.g., there was a lot of archaeology done with the Crossrail project: https://archaeology.crossrail.co.uk/exhibits/roman-moorgate-...

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Re:How the super-rich are digging down in London by bryanrasmussen on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:49AM (#17062787)

Yes, but that's a large excavation for public purposes, a private project is probably smaller - so does the same rules apply? Can those rules be avoided when done privately?

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