This Christmas, you can help our charity to purchase Castilly Henge – one of the South-West’s most important and best-researched late Neolithic sites – to ensure that it is cared for and made accessible to everyone.
Recently added to the Heritage at Risk Register, invasive vegetation is currently encroaching on the monument – the roots of which can very quickly and seriously damage its structure if not managed regularly. Vegetation such as this also creates a monoculture, which can severely limit biodiversity.
The monument has come on and off the Heritage at Risk Register a number of times due to lack of regular management, and our aim in purchasing the site is to stop this cycle of sporadic intervention and ensure it gets the regular care it needs to be protected for the future.
Our ownership would also mean that it can be open to the public, which it currently is not. All of the sites we care for are free for everyone to visit and accessible all year round, and we want to make this possible for Castilly Henge too.
We are hoping to raise £50,000 to purchase the site and are hugely grateful to those who have already donated and helped us raise nearly £13,000 so far.
Our charity has been protecting historic landscapes and monuments across Cornwall for the last 40 years. We have a strong track record of giving these special places the archaeological and land management expertise they need and have helped save a number from the Heritage at Risk Register. Help us do the same for Castilly Henge!
Whether you are looking for an alternative Christmas gift or want to give back to Cornwall’s communities at this special time of year, your donation will take us one step closer to purchasing Castilly Henge, securing its future through active management and enabling everyone can visit it for free all year round.
As a small, independent charity, every donation makes a huge difference to this urgent appeal, and we would be hugely grateful for your support.
