Hundreds of people are battling to stop a solar farm being built amid fears it could cause “serious harm” to one of Britain’s most important Roman sites. TV historian Mary Beard is among those who have highlighted the controversial proposals for Richborough, near Sandwich. On Thursday afternoon, the classicist shared a link to the planning application on social media site X and wrote: “If you are interested in the Roman site at Richborough, you should take a look at this.” It resulted in dozens more objections being lodged against the bid for the vast 206-acre solar panel array, taking the tot…
