Stonehenge `risks losing world heritage status because...
Daily MailEvery year, over one million tourists flock to Wiltshire to visit Stonehenge. But despite its popularity, the prehistoric monument could soon be dropped from the prestigious list of United Nations World Heritage sites. But despite its popularity, the prehistoric monument could soon be dropped from the prestigious list of United Nations World Heritage sites Campaigners fighting the tunnel say the government was 'irrational' 'to give no weight' to the threat by UNESCO, the UN heritage agency over the £1.7 billion scheme Lawyers for Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site say this would mark 'the first step being taken towards de-listing' and would be 'the direct result' of the Government's decision. Mr Wolfe said the approved scheme would 'destroy' around seven hectares of the world heritage site, a change that would be 'permanent and irreversible'. For decades, motorists on the A303, which passes the stone circle, have endured severe congestion on the popular route to and from the South West Those behind the scheme hope it will help tackle congestion and noise around the iconic site The Stonehenge site, with Avebury, was declared by Unesco to be a world heritage site of outstanding universal value in 1986 on account of the size of the megaliths, the sophistication of their concentric plans and the complexes of neolithic and bronze age sites and monuments.
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