Stonehenge pagan ordered to end 10-month protest

Stonehenge pagan ordered to end 10-month protest

* Steven Morris
* The Guardian, Tuesday 28 April 2009
* Article history

A pagan protester named Arthur Pendragon who believes he is an incarnation of King Arthur was yesterday ordered to halt a 10-month sit-in close to Stonehenge.
Pendragon - John Rothwell before he changed his name by deed poll 30 years ago - set up camp at the edge of the site last summer to protest against the restricted access to the stone circle.
He believes visitors should be allowed to walk close to the stones and touch them rather than being confined to a visitor centre and a pathway well away from the monument.
Pendragon also believes the fence designed to keep visitors out has a damaging impact on the stone circle itself, holding it "in a stranglehold like a snared animal". read on...

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