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nigelswift wrote:
Not from the "spoil heap" though. I guess it's due entirely to the presence of water. There's a case, is there not, for asking EH to dredge it, on the grounds not of radical alteration but merely of overdue maintenance....
Yes I agree entirely...then fill it with water...unless it fills on its own of course which it would to a certain degree. Actually there's a big plus to that. We could then do away with the warning notices and let people climb it in the hope that they fall into the ditch and drown and save Goff the trouble of slapping them!! LOL (tic)

Was it deliberately filled with water originally? I don't know. It would need to be deliberately lined with clay but how can that be known when clay would tend to accumulate over time anyway?

I don't think crocodiles in the moat are the answer as being eaten by one of them might be interpreted as an unlucky accident whereas a slap from Goff could be mentioned on EH's notices as a justified consequence of flouting their request to keep off the hill. He'd be very effective at Stonehenge too, he could hide behind a stone, he's good at that.