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harestonesdown Feb 17, 2013 19:03:04

Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:

bladup wrote:

...the best we can hope for is that EH make the farmer put an electric fence around it, but that's only because of your pushing for it Roy, you're the reason something will hopefully get done, keep up the great work, you're a star.

Yes, well done Sanctuary.

You guys get around a lot more than some of us and must see this kind of thing quite often. We did notice it at Carreg Samson a couple of years ago though. There it was cattle, not horses, that were really churning up the surrounding ground (as well as using the stones as scratching posts).

Just wonder if a (livestock) exclusion zone of say three or four meters shouldn’t be mandatory for listed monuments on farmland.

But don't hold your breath, this damage is still ongoing.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=51379

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bladup Feb 17, 2013 21:49:10

Replying to harestonesdown

harestonesdown wrote:

Littlestone wrote:

bladup wrote:

...the best we can hope for is that EH make the farmer put an electric fence around it, but that's only because of your pushing for it Roy, you're the reason something will hopefully get done, keep up the great work, you're a star.

Yes, well done Sanctuary.

You guys get around a lot more than some of us and must see this kind of thing quite often. We did notice it at Carreg Samson a couple of years ago though. There it was cattle, not horses, that were really churning up the surrounding ground (as well as using the stones as scratching posts).

Just wonder if a (livestock) exclusion zone of say three or four meters shouldn’t be mandatory for listed monuments on farmland.

But don't hold your breath, this damage is still ongoing.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=51379

Don't get me going on Arbor low, Never paid and never will [and i've been loads] until they keep the cows off [someone even put money in for me once and i made them go take it out], even the missus had a go at them once about it and the silly cow said they only put them on there at certain times of the year, I say keep them off ALL the time, i get how sheep are like lawn mowers and keep the grass down but cows/horses at Ancient sites should always be a no no [by law].