Nine Stones Close cup marked stone 1
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Nine Stones Close cup marked stone

It's gone !

Rhiannon wrote:
Irate because you insisted he completely dismantle the wall before he could go home for his dinner?
Don't mention the walls !

Seriously though, meeting the land owner was quite "interesting", especially after i mentioned "walking" his walls for over 6 hours, on private land.

Turns out some fecker has been pushing over his walls, hence the nearby repairs. They harvest the long grass to feed their cattle, and one wayward stone went under the mower causing several hundred pounds damage.
Also people crossing the fields willy nilly are causing a lot of the harvest to be lost i'm told.

I'm asked to point out they do not appreciate people on their land, but if you must visit the circle please stick to the original path. The lower field where the second piece is located is totally off limits btw. (there's a colossus of a bull in there atm anyway)

Eventually when talk got round to the preservation of the two smaller pieces i was asked what i'd like done with them, which is where i backed off as it's none of my business, though there was a suggestion they be relocated to the top of a wall outside the owners home where a footpath passes right by. This is over a mile from the original location though.

I've been asked to contact them again at some point to sort it out, and whilst i believe something needs doing i don't see i should be the one making any decisions on them.

If it is being moved it is probably now a portable antiquity so you/he could contact the FLO. That has the advantage of getting an ID. (They have a record of a paleolithic carved rock that they consulted an expert on. Search here http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/%22rock+carving%22)

harestonesdown wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:
Irate because you insisted he completely dismantle the wall before he could go home for his dinner?
Don't mention the walls !

Seriously though, meeting the land owner was quite "interesting", especially after i mentioned "walking" his walls for over 6 hours, on private land.

Turns out some fecker has been pushing over his walls, hence the nearby repairs. They harvest the long grass to feed their cattle, and one wayward stone went under the mower causing several hundred pounds damage.
Also people crossing the fields willy nilly are causing a lot of the harvest to be lost i'm told.

I'm asked to point out they do not appreciate people on their land, but if you must visit the circle please stick to the original path. The lower field where the second piece is located is totally off limits btw. (there's a colossus of a bull in there atm anyway)

Eventually when talk got round to the preservation of the two smaller pieces i was asked what i'd like done with them, which is where i backed off as it's none of my business, though there was a suggestion they be relocated to the top of a wall outside the owners home where a footpath passes right by. This is over a mile from the original location though.

I've been asked to contact them again at some point to sort it out, and whilst i believe something needs doing i don't see i should be the one making any decisions on them.

How about as an immediate action you suggest to the farmer that they stay roughly where they now are, and you either hide or protect them in some way until you get a reply from the relevant authorities?

harestonesdown wrote:
I'm asked to point out they do not appreciate people on their land, but if you must visit the circle please stick to the original path.
Is there an issue with access to the circle? I've asked at the farm opposite before, and was told that although they weren't the owners of the circle field, they knew that the owners didn't mind people going to see it. Is this not the case now?