Mystery solved | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

nigelswift Oct 14, 2007 10:04:05

Replying to moss

They weren't done under the 1979 Act, and couldn't have been, but under a special Stonehenge-related order sponsored by EH - The Stonehenge Regulations 1997 - which also make you liable for prosecution if you even step onto the site without their permission or enter it from a non-authorised direction or take your dog onto the site (take note Moss... )http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1997/19972038.htm

Seems a bit over the top to me. Still, they seem a good set of lads and had the last laugh - one of them was allowed to carry his club in court and "had insisted on being addressed throughout the proceedings as "Mrs Hodge" having changed his name by deed-poll to Margaret Hodge, the former Children's Minister."
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1755708.0.flintstones_fined_for_stonehenge_stunt.php

moss Oct 14, 2007 12:11:42

Replying to nigelswift

Can't find the map specifying what is covered under the special provisions for regulating public access. For instance, cars parked by the side of the wire fence is that illegal? Stonehenge as a monument covers a wider area than the stones itself...as a covering law its not too bad, and should really be extended to any stone monument, circles, longbarrows, etc...

Littlestone Oct 14, 2007 16:53:56

Replying to nigelswift

There is nothing in those restrictions that says we couldn't enter the monument during normal opening times and weigh ourselves down with lead balloons - providing said balloons were attached to our hands and feet and did not come into direct contact with the monument. Nor does it restrict the bringing in of reptiles such as alligators and boa constrictors for the enlightenment and delectation of the general public - though you're right, and ordinary animals are prohibited (sorry Moss).

Fathers for justice..