TRAVELLERS who set up camp in the shadow of Pendennis Castle have been told that have to leave this morning.
Cornwall Council has issued a Direction to Leave to the travellers who arrived on the ‘Hornworks’ site over the weekend.
The council was criticised by Falmouth county councillor David Saunby for not installing boulders at the edge of the site when he raised concerns last year.
In a statement issued to the Packet, Cornwall Council said: “A Direction to Leave has been served on the group, requiring them to vacate the site by 10am on Wednesday (July 7).
"Plans were already in place to install boulders at the site, and this will progress once the area is clear."
The caravans and vans drove onto the ‘Hornworks’ field above the Ships and Castles car park at the weekend.
They appear to have removed wooden posts at the entrance to the site to gain access. The site is owned by the county council and is often leased by English Heritage for events.
The area is known as the Hornworks which are a set of earthworks crossing the neck of the peninsular to the north-west of Pendennis Castle.
Speaking to the Packet following the incursion Cllr Saunby said he had reported problems at the site to Cormac last year but nothing had been done about it.
“We had a problem last year with boy racers driving their cars around the field, which is also used by dog walkers,” he said.
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Cornwall councillor for the area Laurie Magowan said the county council and the police had been up to the site on Monday to access the situation.
“Cornwall Council and local police went up to do a site visit as part of their process check health, welfare and educational needs,” he said.
“Then due to review that and see what the next steps will be, whether to take no action, whether there was mutual agreement that the travellers would move on after a period of time or whether court action or something like that was needed.”
When the Packet visited the site on Monday there three caravan homes and vans as well as other structures and a spaniel dog in a small kennel.
There didn’t appear to be anyone about but rubbish had been dumped in plastic bags in a hedge.
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