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Mottisfont Estate archaeological survey CKC Archaeology Page 40 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────── future they should keep to existing tracks, and not wander indiscriminately over potentially undisturbed areas. Forestry work in winter and wet weather can be particularly destructive as deep ruts are cut into the countryside. There should be clearly defined restrictions on nonessential vehicles using unmade tracks. The current craze for the pleasure driving of fourwheeled vehicles over unmade tracks should be actively discouraged on all National Trust property. 7.3.6 Staff awareness Recommendation: All staff should be made aware of the need to report incidents likely to have impact on the historic aspects of the landscape. The management should ensure that all staff should be aware of the need to protect the historic landscape and potential archaeological sites. This awareness needs to be extended to all field staff, especially those working out on the estate. The management might consider the need to extend this to tenant farmers. It is recommended that all outdoor staff, and possibly certain tenants, should attend an awareness meeting or lecture at regular intervals. Correctly organised, this only need to take up about 1.5 hours every two or three years, depending on staff turnover. 7.3.7 Farming practices Recommendation: Farming practices should be monitored for impact on archaeological sites. The management should be aware of any changes in current practice proposed by tenant farmers. Such changes should be reported to the Archaeological Advisers at Cirencester where a decision on the need for action can be taken. Any changes in ploughing techniques, the alteration of land use, or new drainage measures should be reported as a matter of course. A particular problem on the Mottisfont estate is the dumping of unwanted materials in old quarry hollows. One example to the SW of Hatt Farm is especially bad. Tenant farmers should be actively discouraged from dumping, and should be required to contribute actively towards discouraging illegal fly-tipping in old estate quarries. 7.3.8 Forestry practices Forestry practices should be monitored for archaeological impact. The creation of new commercial timber areas can have wide-ranging effects on both the local ecology and archaeology. Any proposals in this area of work need to be reported to the Archaeological Advisers at Cirencester, who will decide if action needs to be taken. It is to be noted that forestry practices in areas let out to outside contractors can be particularly inappropriate for land held in trust for the nation. For example, the report on the Vyne estate in ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────
Mottisfont Estate archaeological survey CKC Archaeology Page 41 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────── Hampshire was critical of the Forestry Commission's management of part of that estate (Currie 1994). All outside contractors in this area of work should be carefully monitored. 7.3.9 Historic buildings These recommendations apply to old farm buildings, such as barns, as well as houses. Further details of more specific recommendations applicable to certain categories of buildings are given in Appendix 3. 1. Any modifications or repairs affecting these structures should be preceded by an archaeological/analytical survey. This should include a basic plan, and where appropriate sections and elevations, at a scale of at least 1:50, supported by written descriptions and photographs. Photographs should be taken in both colour and monochrome or slide; the latter for ong-term archival purposes. . Subsequent opportunities arising to record historic fabric during repair work should be taken o supplement this record. Details of any new repair work should be recorded and added to this ntry in the Sites and Monuments Record. . Historical fabric should not be removed from these buildings or their environs without onsulting the archaeological advisers at Cirencester. . Should below ground excavation be undertaken in the vicinity of these buildings, advice hould be sought from the archaeological advisers at Cirencester. . Repairs should be undertaken with appropriate period materials. Modern substitutes should not be used. 6. PVC and similar plastic window frames and doors are not suitable for National Trust vernacular buildings. If present, these should be replaced at the most convenient opportunity. 7. Re-roofing should take account of any original insulation used within the building. This should not be removed without prior consultation with the archaeological advisers at Cirencester. e.g. there have been instances on other estates where straw insulation in roofs has been removed without recording. 8. Repointing of masonry should be done with lime-based mortar. Generally, cement-based mortars should be avoided on historic buildings. 7.3.10 Metal detecting Metal detecting should not be allowed on National Trust property. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────
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