You forgot to mention the three hundred metal detectorists that the major landowner invited to hold a rally close to the scheduled area last month George.
Ah, who else wants a bit of Thornborough? It's all going very cheap, £10.00 a ton or a £35.00 donation to charity for a weekends digging around. None of the proceeds goes to help Thornborough of course but then its a resource - to be exploited?