Final pylon toppled from Dorset beauty spot
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:07 amFinal pylon toppled from Dorset beauty spot
The last electricity pylon in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) has been pulled down.
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Work to remove 22 pylons and 8.8km (5.5 miles) of overhead cable started near Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, in September.
The overhead power lines, put up in the 1960s, have been replaced with buried cables to restore uninterrupted views of the landscape.
The final pylon, just north of the A35, was felled on Friday morning.
Paul Hamnett, senior project manager for National Grid, said: "This final pylon coming down marks a major milestone in a complex engineering project whose benefits the local community and visitors from around Britain can enjoy long into the future.
"It's been an exciting journey with a wealth of fascinating archaeological finds unearthed along the way, and we've achieved our aim of enhancing this beautiful landscape. We're delighted to have made it happen."
Excavations ahead of the work in 2021 led to archaeological discoveries dating back 6,000 years.
A Roman settlement was uncovered, as well as Neolithic and Bronze Age finds. The oldest artefacts were flint tools and pottery from about 4,000BC.
More than 25 researchers from Oxford Archaeology spent months carrying out investigations, focusing on six locations along the route west of Dorchester.
The last electricity pylon in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) has been pulled down.
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Work to remove 22 pylons and 8.8km (5.5 miles) of overhead cable started near Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, in September.
The overhead power lines, put up in the 1960s, have been replaced with buried cables to restore uninterrupted views of the landscape.
The final pylon, just north of the A35, was felled on Friday morning.
Paul Hamnett, senior project manager for National Grid, said: "This final pylon coming down marks a major milestone in a complex engineering project whose benefits the local community and visitors from around Britain can enjoy long into the future.
"It's been an exciting journey with a wealth of fascinating archaeological finds unearthed along the way, and we've achieved our aim of enhancing this beautiful landscape. We're delighted to have made it happen."
Excavations ahead of the work in 2021 led to archaeological discoveries dating back 6,000 years.
A Roman settlement was uncovered, as well as Neolithic and Bronze Age finds. The oldest artefacts were flint tools and pottery from about 4,000BC.
More than 25 researchers from Oxford Archaeology spent months carrying out investigations, focusing on six locations along the route west of Dorchester.