6th December 2005, 12:09 PM
Difficult problem Alfie, but you feel you're going to lose the site anyway, you could try using the same ineffective system to your advantage. Have you got a decent local archaeological society in your area? We have a site here that keeps getting attacked by nighthawks. After discussion with the landowner, and with our support, the society have put in a grant application to EH, to get the funds for a project to dig the site once and for all. It's not a very satisfactory resolution, and the site will obviously end up being largley destroyed, but at least the evidence will be recovered, recorded and published by archaeologists.