SIGNS that prevented vehicular use of a path at Tintagel will be replaced after being damaged.

The signs at Glebe Cliff, which had been placed either end of the path there by the National Trust around a month or two ago, indicated ‘no cars, no horses, no motorbikes’.

National Trust lead ranger Mike Simmonds said: “It’s disappointing but something we are used to. We put up signs for various properties, we just replace them as and when we get round to it, and depending on how important the message is, we might make something a bit more secure and permanent.

“I don’t know why someone has taken offence to it. It’s just mindless or someone really does think the message is wrong and shouldn’t apply.”

He said the cost of replacing those particularly signs is ‘negligible’, adding: “It’s just effort and annoyance really.”

A member of the group ‘King Arthur’s Army’, David Flower, said whoever tore down the signs is a “disgrace to Tintagel. I would appeal to anyone who knows anything about the vandalism to get in touch with the police.”

The National Trust has also installed a metal ‘no overnight parking and camping’ sign in the Glebe Cliff car park.

Mr Simmonds added: “There is occasionally overnight camping in the summer months. It’s not a huge problem but I got passed this message from the community and we need to react to people’s concerns.

“I have spoken to the local PCSOs about it and they are happy to occasionally call by in the evenings.”

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