[Stones] A penny for your thoughts?

[John Germain]

Should you have about your property something which is potentially dangerous and you take
no or few precautions to mitigate that danger, you stand to be not merely sued in civil
law but prosecuted under criminal laws.

If a child can have toppled a stone within a site due to circumstances which could not be
reasonably forseen by its Parents/Guardians/Carers when said child entered the site; then
a danger must be said to exist to the Public in General.

Insurance is required as a matter of standard practice just to have someone clean your
windows or gutters.. I can't stand ladders, me.

Every household policy should cover negligence: unless there is a disclaimer "Prominently
Published" open-field sites with dodgy bits of large rock should be fenced.

"Entry at your own risk" will not pass these days.


John Germain
Jersey
British Channel Islands

-----Original Message-----
From: stones-bounces at henge.org.uk [mailto:stones-bounces at henge.org.uk] On Behalf Of Wolf
Thandoy
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 1:44 AM
To: The Stones Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stones] A penny for your thoughts?

seen a few fenced stones, but never a fence which would keep a stone
in (or up), and never even one with a radius comparable to the height
of the stone...

so the fences i've seen were erected to discourage large animals and
tractors approaching very near the stones - perhaps to safeguard the
stones or footings, certainly not for the safety of livestock or
humans - and are a particular bane of photographers

surely there must be a better way - only sequestering a few more
square yards seems unpopular with many landowners...

wolf
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On 30 Jun 2006, at 00:26, John Germain wrote:

> Andy,
>
> When the instability of stones poses a threat to anyone *then* they
> should be fenced /
> propped.
>

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