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The forbidden archaeology5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Tamblyn said he had approached council officers but not received a clear response. The council issued a statement to the Observer justifying its decision but did not explain what harm detectorists might do on the sea flats when the tide was out. The saltmarsh north of the beach is essential to about 150,000 migrating birds and the dunes are used for nesting, so the council has forbidden fires, camping, sky lanterns and jet skiing, while dogs are also banned from the beach during the summer months. The council introduced a public space protection order on 1 April preventing various activities on the beach and coastline because it is a site of special scientific interest – part of the Humber estuary. “If they came up with a reason for doing this we’d accept it, but they haven’t.” ![]() ![]() “We are certainly considering challenging this in the high court,” he said. Alan Tamblyn, its general secretary, said the council’s actions were “very misguided and very ill-judged and can’t be justified”. The hobby has become increasingly popular since Mackenzie Crook’s BBC series Detectorists first aired in 2014, and the National Council for Metal Detecting now has 30,000 members. ![]()
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