Ireland to remove heritage protection?

Ireland's Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has suggested removing statutory protection from archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700.

Read the response by the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland at http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/09/proposal-to-de-list-archaeological-and-historical-sites-that-post-date-1700/

(With thanks to Gould Genealogy, @GouldGenealogy on Twitter)

Chris