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I can't measure how much apathy is involved but in their defence a lack of resources and time plays a big part. A couple of years ago EH inspected scheduled monuments once a year but their resources have shrunk since then and are about to shrink alarmingly lower. Climbing up into the wilds to check on a non-scheduled feature just isn't time or cost effective from their perspective. Let's face it, the Govt. has decided, without quite saying so, that heritage protection is a luxury that they're not prepared to support.

^ and then there's intellectual curiosity. If somebody that had worked for twenty x years on traditional stonework had claimed to find something big then there should be support and enthusiasm - not just 'our resources have been cut so much that all that's left is the lunch hour'. Particularly when there's an Heritage Landscape Officer who's job description must include 'welcoming new finds'. The problem here has been the grouse shooting lobby, represented by a late someone who had special dispensation due to fantastic export sales (planes, uniforms and weapons).