Yeah you can definitely see that some of the stones have been uprooted recently. Thing is I was there at New years Eve (midnight in the driving wind and rain...) and I'm sure it wasnt this damaged.

I guess I'm just used to Avebury (was born & grew up near there....know the place like it was my own skin...) and west kennet and other wiltshire sites which are a lot more respected and looked after. As for fires in the circle, yeah last night there was a fair amount of ash in the centre of the circle so the solstice people probably lit a fire there too...

well first port of call will be Ilkley Town Council, then failing that Bingley then Bradford.....maybe this is a National heritage thing too? Down South (or at least in Wiltshire...) any lump of land with even a suspicion of a megalithic stone on it gets snapped up by Nat Heritage. Can't see why its different up here.

Anyhow....will keep you all posted...

Bruce