Missing Monuments

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Pilgrim P
Pilgrim Feb 3, 2009 11:28:00
Replying to juamei

....not so much missing monuments, but vanishing before our eyes....

As part of out 'ootnaboot' in sunnier times, we spot (or at least try to) the 70+ stone rows that are purported to exist on Dartmoor. Sadly, we find that a number have vanished beneath the camouflage of overgrowing gorse and scrub; I've been up and down the slopes of Leedon Tor so many times now that it's becoming a standing (stone) joke... I wonder if anyone else has noticed an increase in undergrowth threatening stones etc...? 'Celebrity' sites like the Plague Rows at Merrivale are safe, but the 'less well-known' sites seem to be suffering.

I believe that the National Park policy has been changed (2006?) to restrict grazing animals on t'moor, and wonder if this goes hand in hand.....

Peace

Pilgrim

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T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Feb 3, 2009 14:26:54
Replying to Pilgrim

Well, they obviously need to get some barbed wire fences up, close the footpaths and introduce some longhorned cattle...

M Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Feb 3, 2009 16:53:43
Replying to Pilgrim

lack of grazing is causing concern on Bodmin Moor where gorse, heather and bracken are threatening to damage and obscure monuments. As all of the moor is in private hands it is difficult to have any control over the matter. Having said that Cornwall Archaeological Society are monitoring vegetation around certain sites and talking to English Heritage.