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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Campaigners in High Court battle to stop Stonehenge road tunnel

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Campaigners are set for a High Court battle with the government over plans to build a tunnel close to the great circle of Stonehenge which they claim could put the prehistoric site’s Unesco world heritage status at risk.

A group of “mostly retired” archaeologists, environmentalists, historians, transport experts, countryside campaigners and druids will try to stop the building of a two-mile road tunnel along the A303 in Wiltshire - a major route between the southeast and southwest.

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