5 years into the West Penwith HEATH/HLS Project, and it has been a disaster. No less than 13 recorded incidents of cattle damage to the scheduled Tregeseal stone circle (and, believe me, the breed they've put out there - longhorns with a 3-foor raking hornspan); a scheduled holed stone knocked down, broken; now "repaired" and re-erected wrongly; fragile field systems threatend by concentrated cloven hoof activity; the world-famous Men-an-Tol now under threat, an that's now being used as a rubbing post, the paths are poached to hell and the area around the stones are now awash with dung. Neither Natural 'England' nor 'English' Heritage seem to give a damn.

No fences have been torn down or cut by Save Penwith Moors, who vow to fight within the law, but we have secured the removal, through official enforcement of some which were illegally erected. NE and its close partners have broken several laws in imposing this scheme and their "Restoring the Sea of Heather" has actually resulted in the creation of new agricultural grassland from moorland! Visitors to Carn Kenidjack have fallen off by an alarming 70% since the scheme was initiated, with detrimental knock-on effect to the local economy. Gates are dangerous, have been condemned as such by the British Horse Society and there have been a number of equestrian accidents caused by them, one cutting a horse's leg open to the bone. Remedial action by NE? Nil.

Save Penwith Moors, in a bid to control what's going on against the wishes of local people and local elected bodies, and force full public consultation, have now secured the re-registration of 215ha of moorland as Registered Common Land.