Some points of view against the management proposals taken from letters printed recently in the local newspaper: The Cornishman.
“My fear if this proposal goes ahead is that there will be a health and safety issue and that a member of the public may get hurt or worse still killed ….. there is also the issue of cattle congregating around the stones which they will do and turning these sacred areas into quagmires.”
“This area [Ding Dong Mine, Greenburrow, Nine Maidens Stone Circle, with access to Men-an-Tol and Carn Galva] is much visited by ramblers and dog walkers, as well as being important to the Cornish tourist industry by virtue of the natural and open terrain together with much industrial and historical archaeology ….. I believe intentions are well meant by all concerned but introduction of cattle will deter visitors …. this unique place is better served as an amenity area.”
In some 50 years it is “the continual, and I am certain, increasing use and enjoyment of the common by the general public which has been the only consistent use of the space for much of the last century ….. I am sure that very few of that number would welcome the inevitable intrusions which would result if the proposed scheme were to be adopted.”
“The feeling of many of those in the audience [at the St.John’s Hall meeting] was, that if this is allowed to go ahead, it would be the thin end of the wedge and we would see many more similar proposals for the wild coastal landscape between Land’s End and St.Ives which, if implemented, would inhibit walkers, horse riders, tourists and other visitors …. and diminish the significant contribution that such people make to the local economy.”