Yes, to the east of the Bog Inn, in the big bowl-shaped, flat-bottomed valley head. There are several sources as you'll see from the OS map. The 'straze' in Bostraze (stras) means a flat-bottomed valley.

Project to graze cattle on moor comes under attack.

According to tinc here

Strange how the cattle were taken off the moor that very night.

I warned the forum that the slightest damage to the stone circle would result in a prosecution against the farmer, the landowner, Natural 'England" and every single one of its named partners (including the Council) that had instigated and supported the appalling HEATH Project.

At the very end, Ian read out a statement calling for the dismissal of the National Trust's Area Property Manager, Jon Brookes, after the appalling destruction near Carn Galva/Four Parishes, and the illegal activities he had ordered. Other members of the Forum condemned that call. Crummay, from Cornwall Council, was right up Brookes arse as usual, and you won't see the contents of that statement being mentioned in the minutes. Only that a Save Penwith Moors statement was read out. Brookes has apparently threatened to quit the Forum. That is not his decision – it must be the decision of his superiors.

Already, gates are being ripped off their hinges and fences cut. Not by us, I hasten to add, but local people have had enough of their access rights being obstructed, their opinions being ignored and treated with disdain, and the unique landscape that is THEIR heritage being hijacked by external agencies.

The next forum will take the shape of site visits. Already the NT Property Manager's doggie, Steven Crummay from Cornwall Council (now just who pays his wages – he's never more than six inches from Brookes, the NT man? Ah, but didn't Crummay once work for the NT?) is trying to deflect the aims of that. We want the Forum members to see the Carn Galva devastation and the Carn Kenidjack problems for themselves. Crummay wants us to see Rosewall Hill and other places irrelevant to our concerns. So, the site visits will be to Carn Galva and Carn Kenidjack, or they don't happen at all. That's our stance.

The lies are unbelievable. Again, with reference to the NT destruction at Carn Galva, the NT (Brookes) stated in writing that Natural "England" had approved the work. Peter Bowden from NE categorically told the forum that this was not the case at all; that NE had not given its approval.

Little wonder that, locally, people are cancelling their NT memberships in droves.

Do keep looking at the Save Penwith Moors website. (www.savepenwithmoors.com). See what is happening for yourselves. Don't just take my word for it.

edited by: marhak, May 17, 2009 – 09:46 AM

marhak said:-

I'm reposting this thread, as it seems to have been airbrushed off the C24 Discussion site.

No, it's still here, just not where it used to be. Computers do sometimes do things like that.

Planning enforcement have closed the file regarding the huge, destructive excavation works on Carn Galva carried out by the National Trust.  Although one of the original complainants, they refuse to allow me to examine the file, simply saying that no breach of planning control has occurred.  They have enforced in the recent past against householders digging a modest garden pond as "unauthorised engineering works" but a huge excavation 1 and half kilometres long, several metres wide and a metre or more in depth, where no such feature has been before (and I now have firm documentary proof of that) is "permitted development".  The report they stated would be presented to the appropriate committee back in February never materialised.  Later, they claimed it was presented verbally (except that no committee member or the then committee clerk recalls any such thing, but another officer states that no such report is on file (which is precisely why I wanted to inspect it).  They claim that enforcement files are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and must remain confidential.  Why?  There are no personal details other than those of the complainants in it.  And both complainants want to see it.

Oh, and neither of the two complainants were informed of the decision by the Enforcement Officer.  We only heard via another Council officer (although it has now been confirmed).

It stinks.  And I am sick and tired of being lied to.  The main partners in the HEATH Project – the Council, Natural "England" and the National Trust are running around covering each other's arse and ensuring that no one can be held accountable.  Now I hear murmurs that horse riders may be banned from the moors where they have a right to go under Section 31 of the Highways Act.  They seem determined to force a confrontation, despite knowing that there is huge public and civic opposition to it all.  Maybe the recent High Court judgement regarding the person who was killed by cattle whilst on the Pennine Way a week or two back will change their mind.