Vandalism of Stonehenge: Difference between revisions

In 2020, the British transport minister was accused of vandalism when he decided that the road through the Stonehenge area would be converted into a tunnel that would pass in the immediate vicinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stonehenge tunnel: Campaigners raise funds for legal challenge |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-55485482 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=[[BBC]] |date=31 December 2020 |language=en |quote=«wanton vandalism of one of the world's most iconic heritage sites»}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=13 November 2020 |language=en |page=19 |quote=The road past Stonehenge will be put in a tunnel, the Transport Secretary has decreed, enraging those who declare it vandalism |title=Under Stonehenge |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The project was decades old, but had always been delayed because of its cost or because it was considered archaeological vandalism.<ref>{{cite news |author1=PHILIP JOHNSTON |date=19 July 2023 |language=en |page=16 |quote=the Government gave the go-ahead for a project that has been talked about for decades but has been rejected as archaeological vandalism or just too costly |title=The scandalous Stonehenge tunnel is a very British waste of taxpayer money |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The historian [[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]] opined that «To inflict this act of vandalism on this landscape seems unbelievable.»<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Craig Simpson |date=18 February 2021 |language=en |page=10 |periodical=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |quote=Tom Holland, the historian and president of the alliance, told The Daily Telegraph: "To inflict this act of vandalism on this landscape seems unbelievable |title=Stonehenge campaigners to take tunnel project to court}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> OpponentsTunnel maintainedopponents theirconsidered rhetoricit of“state-sponsored “vandalism”vandalism” even as their case was defeated in court in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Mark Hallam |title=Stonehenge: Campaigners lose court challenge to tunnel plans |url=https://www.dw.com/en/stonehenge-campaigners-lose-court-challenge-to-tunnel-plans/a-68302773 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=2024-02-20 |language=en |quote=this judgement is a huge blow and exposes the site to National Highway's state-sponsored vandalism}}</ref>