Good quality stone slabs are in such demand that they are stolen much as valuable lead is stolen from Church roofs.
Beautiful ancient walkways and paths are ruined by having individual slabs removed,leaving dangerous and unsightly gaps all for the sake of providing a beautiful piece of decorative stoneware for those who can afford to pay premium prices for it.
One innovative suggestion is to smart mark the stolen stones so they are traceable much like a stolen bike.Perhaps this might make the stones less attractive to the hooded thieves in white vans with their fake road repair signs loading their stones into white vans in broad daylight.
Definitely a sad state of affairs.
thenotsomightyom 