Maverick environmentalist Buster Nolan has been campaigning in Norfolk to save an ancient tree circle unearthed by the sea.

Diggers have already moved into the "Seahenge: area, near Hunstanton, charged with removing 55 tree stumps in the egg-shaped formation.

Mr Nolan, of Hall Villas, Great Bardfield, claims the circle is a distant message left for us 4,000 years ago to preserve our trees and forests.

"I went there to argue that if this circle had been found in tribal lands in America or Africa, for instance, diggers would not get anyway near it. If they did, under tribal law, those in charge would have their heads ripped off as the punishment is still death."

The retired tree surgeon said the public should have the opportunity to see the circle - which is 18 feet in diameter - in its natural setting.

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