Criminal damage appeal at Churchstoke St Nicholas Church
Police are investigating heritage crime following reports of criminal damage at a Powys churchyard.
Dyfed-Powys Police 's Rural Crime Team has appealed for information after several sites within St Nicholas Church in Churchstoke were left with signs of damage.
The circular churchyard and its naturally defensive position suggest the site is of some antiquity dating back to at least Anglo-Saxon times, according to Cadw.
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A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police said: "Heritage crime is any unlawful activity which harms historic assets including buildings, monuments, parks, gardens and landscapes.
"Some of these assets are protected by specific criminal offences but heritage crime often takes the form of 'general' offences such as theft, criminal damage, anti-social behaviour which are equally damaging to historic assets and interfere with the public's understanding and enjoyment of them."
Anyone with information that can help police identify those involved in the heritage crime is asked to contact Dyfed-Powys Police's Rural Crime Team on 101 or online at www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/ro/report/ quoting reference 25000398660
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