Thornborough N

Woadrunner has raised concerns about this henge which forms part of the Thornborough complex.

" Many people who attend the Beltane event also take the opportunity to visit the northern henge which is the best preserved of the three.

Attached is a photograph of one of the signs which appeared without warning at the northern henge last month. They appeared after the equinox and ironically you actually have to enter the wood to read them!
I have lived here for over fifteen years and this is the first time access to the northern henge has been denied by the landowner, although he has made such mutterings in the past, and people living in the village (Nosterfield) say that they used to play in the wood as children.
For several years people have been visiting the northern henge at the equinoxes and solstice and there was a small group there overnight for the Spring equinox. However, they have never caused any problems or damage, the henge is always left immaculate and if you had not seen them you would not know they had been there. Last month they even cleared away the mess left over from a drinking party some spotty youths from the next village held recently.

Ironically, more damage is being done to the northern henge by the land owner's lack of tree management. Saplings spring up everywhere. The owner of the central henge has let the field in which it stands to a local farmer. He currently has cattle on the land and they are causing a lot of damage to the remaining banking and churning up the centre of the henge where he has placed a feeder. EH in York have been informed but don't seem to be bothered."