§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether invisible sites and probable finds entries will be retained on future revisions of Ordnance 388W Survey maps; and, if not, what are the relative costs involved in this decision.
§ Mr. OakesThere has been no recent change in Ordnance Survey policy as regards the depiction of antiquities on published maps. Apart from the published maps Ordnance Survey continues to maintain a series of 1: 10,000 record maps covering the entire country on which the sites of all antiquities which they have recorded are plotted and referenced on appropriate record cards. These record maps include the sites of antiquities, such as finds of coins, which are no longer visible on the ground.
The cost of this work is now a charge to my Department, and for the current financial years has been estimated at £37,000. Copies of these record maps and cards are available on sale to interested users.