The aim of this project is that I should visit every significant earthwork site recorded on the county's SMR, whether or not they are currently scheduled, by the year 2000. Some 400 have already been visited. So far 43 grant-aided management agreements have been signed, and 200 landouners have agreed to carry out beneficial management, or continue good stewardship without grant aid. Close liaison is maintained with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, county and district countryside officers, and the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency. Slide presentations have been given to NFU branches and visits made with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group to farmland where there is a historic component.
Regular articles appear in the local and farming press.
Recently a programme of beneficial work on an important motte and bailey castle received wide media coverage on local television, radio and in the press. The MARS results have highlighted areas of concern. However, the Norfolk experience shows that not all is doom and gloom. The measures undertaken under the Norfolk Monuments Management Project, in one of England's most arable counties, have certainly lessened the incidence of damage. Interest and co-operation in the positive management of the county's historic sites by farmers and landowners has become an integral part of the Norfolk agricultural scene.