BOULDERS have finally been placed around the edge of the 'Hornworks' field after travellers moved onto the site but were forced to move after a week.

The boulders were installed by Cornwall Council this afternoon and were placed along the edge of the field along its border with the Ships and Castles car park.

It promised to put the boulders in immediately the travellers had left which they did today.

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At the time the council said in a statement: “Plans were already in place to install boulders at the site, and this will progress once the area is clear.”

The council had been criticised for not installing the boulders on the site last year as promised to tackle the problems of 'boy racers' coming onto the site and churning it up.

People walking their dogs on the site this afternoon said they were very happy that the boulders had been installed as the wooden posts there were not fit for purpose.

"They won't get through that now," said one.

Cornwall Council gained a court order on Friday, which was served on the unauthorised encampment the same day, giving the group 24 hours to vacate the site, within the shadow of Pendennis Castle. By Saturday morning the site was empty again, save from some discarded rubbish left behind.

Volunteers went up to the land on Saturday armed with gloves and black bin bags, to clear the rubbish and return the site back to grassland again.

The caravans and vans drove onto the field above the Ships and Castles car park the previous weekend. They appeared to have removed wooden posts at the entrance to gain access to the site, which is owned by Cornwall Council and is often leased by English Heritage for events.

The area is known as the 'Hornworks', because of a set of earthworks crossing the neck of the peninsular to the north-west of Pendennis Castle.

Cornwall councillor for the area, Laurie Magowan, said the county council and the police had been up to the site that Monday to access the situation, as part of its process to check on health, welfare and educational needs.

When the Packet visited the site last Monday there were three caravan homes and vans as well as other structures and a spaniel dog in a small kennel.

The number increased the next day, before Cornwall Council issued a Direction to Leave to the travellers.

This required them to vacate the site by 10am on Wednesday.

However, it was not until the court order was obtained on Friday that the travellers moved on.

It is believed the travellers may have continued on to Pool after moving from Falmouth, with reports that caravans had set up at Dudnance Lane over the weekend.