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Outrageous – more monuments defiled

Submitted by PaulM on Wednesday, 28 August 2002  Page Views: 3534

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A pro-hunting group calling themselves the Real Countryside Alliance has defaced two ‘white horses’ in Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire in an attempt “to make ministers take notice”.

The BBC (who have a picture of the damage) reports that a spokesman for the group said they had become frustrated at a lack of action in getting the pro-hunting message across.

The defacement of the world’s most famous Bronze Age white horse at Uffington in Oxfordshire and the White Horse at Kilburn (North Yorkshire - dating to 1837) involved adding a rider in full hunting gear to the latter and a rider and three white hounds to the former.

The White Horse Association has managed to successfully to remove the daubings.

The Countryside Alliance has disassociated itself from the actions, adding that it "regretted" any damage which may have been caused. Interestingly no mention of this episode can be found on the Countryside Alliance’s website although the CA denounced the RCA in a press release in May.

Let us know what you think of this action by so-called countryside lovers by posting a comment below.
Contributor Bio for PaulM: Based in Macclesfield, contributing since 2002. Favourite site: Hordron Edge. Occupation: Something in waste and recycling.

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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Anonymous on Sunday, 21 November 2004
erm it was bio-degradable paint, so no actual damage was done. Thus they highlighted their cause by a publicity stunt without any damage. Problems?
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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Anonymous on Friday, 03 January 2003
This is absolute madness and shows the loss of cohesion which is now apparent within the countryside. This type of defacement shows a total lack of awarness of the land and any group parading as some sort of pro countryside lobbyists allowing or condoning this sort of action shows a total lack of feeling and sensitivity for their country and their land.

Salutations and Good luck to all :-)

River.
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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 September 2002
I am a shooting man myself,like a bit of fishing,if you kill it, eat it , got that out of the way, okay.
Before I forget, an interesting site, I do have an archaeological background.

stop geting your knickers in a twist, after all it was only a bit of paint, just think , they could have used a few pounds of co-op mix, that would have made a difference.

Just get it cleaned up,no point in making a song and dance over it, think !, if I was anti blood sports or whatever they call themselves, I would definitly be do'ing sometrhing to descredit the opposition, also do'nt forget the local yobs or wise guys or what you call them today, okay so the Real whatever claim responsibility, just clean it up.

But please no wild claims, and put finger and brain into gear before making acusiations.

spelling mistakes allowed.
will visit site again as found it interesting, not really wish to be anonymous, but seem to have problems in registering



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    Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 September 2002
    re- 'I am a shooting man myself'
    I would like to add, if this was sheep marking fluid as like what I sell, in spray cans , it is biodgradedle or whatever the word is, scrubbing with detergent,possibly could do more harm. I definitly do not condone defaceing any monument of any description. And yes, I know I cannot spell !!.
    Will visit site over next few evenings to view comments.
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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Vicky on Friday, 30 August 2002
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The English Heritage response:

Thank you for your e-mail. I have forwarded your e-mail to the Press Office and they have responded with the following statement:

Uffington: "We deplore any unauthorised and therefore unlawful interference with the Uffington White Horse, which is a much loved local landmark as well as a nationally important and sensitive site. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and thus protected by law. Although in this instance there has been no damage to the horse itself, the surrounding grassland, which has been painted with white paint, is also part of the monument. The grass has now been strimmed and whilst it appears to have suffered no long-term damage we will be closely monitoring the grassland for signs of any lasting effects. Any unauthorised activity on a Scheduled Ancient Monument could cause damage to fragile and irreplaceable archaeology. The surrounding land is also a site of Special Scientific Interest which receives additional protection in law."

York: "Although the Kilburn White Horse is not a Scheduled Ancient Monument itself, it borders the important Iron Age hillfort at Roulston Scar which is one and which is therefore protected by law. We have carried out an inspection and in this case there appears to be no damage to the monument. We would like to point out, however, that any unauthorised interference with a Scheduled Ancient Monument could cause damage to fragile and irreplaceable archaeology."

I hope this has answered your query.
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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Vicky on Thursday, 29 August 2002
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The Senior Press Officer at the Countryside Alliance had this to say:

"I can indeed confirm that we have already publicly condemned ALL activity
carried out by the RCA, which we believe to be anti-social, counter
productive and in some cases just plain dangerous. Our position on their
activity is very clear and you can hear the comments of our Chairman about
the RCA on a special web cast on our web site
(www.countryside-alliance.org).

We are already assisting the police in the apprehension of those who have
carried out acts of vandalism by passing on to them any information we
have - which is sadly not that much. We do hope however that these people
are caught and prosecuted at the earliest possible time."
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Re: Outrageous – more monuments defiled by Barbarella on Thursday, 29 August 2002
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>Let us know what you think of this action by so-called countryside lovers by posting a comment below.

How about Morons? Talk about shooting themselves in the foot, just how dumb can you get!!??
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