head-first
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Re: Stone theft
Jul 05, 2015, 15:40
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This is a little off-topic, but the Henge Shop in Avebury sell small sarsen offcuts for upwards of £50 each. Obviously they're not taken from circle stones and I'm sure they're 'ethically sourced', but I've started to see chipped sarsens in surrounding areas. Perhaps customers see the shop stones and opt for a cheaper option. Who knows.
I find this troubling, and not just because punters are being fleeced. The stone deposits add a unique appearance to the downs, and many support rare lichens. I hope it's not a growing trend, whether the stones are being sold or kept for personal use.
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nigelswift
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Re: Stone theft
Jul 28, 2015, 07:24
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"This technique of lifting a sample from the surface of stone and scanning it could ultimately lead to us feeding the results into a national database, providing an indication of where geographically that sample came from. This can be done by comparing the stone samples with other stone located across the country and could prove to be a useful point of reference for those tackling stone theft."
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2015/july/stone-theft.html
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The Eternal
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Re: Stone theft
Jul 30, 2015, 22:59
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Hi Nigel,
Don't know if you or anyone else on here saw the 'Fake or Fortune' programme where a church asked for an opinion of a huge painting it had. Its value was considerable. Chuffed to little bits they were. At the end of the programme, they hung it on the wall of the church and said it would be great for the people to see it hung there.
Now, let's just recap; the church and its location was named, the value of the painting was revealed and the fact it was hanging within the church was given. Maybe they remove it outside service times, but if not its just asking to be robbed.
Atb,
TE.
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tomatoman
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Re: Lock the church doors
Aug 08, 2015, 16:07
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We were staying in Shropshire recently and found that most parish churches were unlocked and those along the Shropshire Way even have tea and coffee-making facilities for visitors (biccies, too!)
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