Following a detailed investigation by English Heritage and Avon & Somerset Police into the circumstances surrounding
damage to one of the Priddy Circles, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, a local man has been summoned to appear
at South Somerset and Mendip Magistrates’ Court on 19th April 2012 for an alleged offence in connection with works
to a Scheduled Monument without Scheduled Monument Consent contrary to section 2(1) of the Ancient Monuments and
Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Priddy Circles, near Wells, is a scheduled monument of four large Neolithic circular earthwork enclosures.
Issued by English Heritage Communications
4 April 2012
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