A protection plan for a treasure house of ancient and modern-day history on the Roussillon Barracks and Graylingwell sites has been urged before plans for major housing developments are considered.
The sites are important because of prehistoric earthworks, listed buildings and the Grayling Well itself. Links to smuggling mean the sites have great significance in social history.
West Sussex County Council has recommended there should be a
desk-based archaeological and environmental assessment to address the impact of the proposals in response to district council consultations on a development brief for the area.
The county council has suggested a conservation management plan should be commissioned to why the sites were important in national, regional or local terms, what condition they were in, what was happening to them now, what threats they were likely to face and what would be done to maintain and protect them for the future.
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