A FIGHT to save coastal land from quarrying united druids, morris men, councillors and families on a damp cliff-top.

Members of pagan group the Dolmen Grove braved soggy conditions to see in the summer solstice at Portland Bill while staging a protest against stone extraction plans.

The group asked non-pagans to join them in a bid to raise awareness about the threatened land. The ceremony saw drums banged, chants made and talks given by archaeologists about the significance of the land.

Dolmen Grove member Tony Jameson said: "We summoned the energy of Portland people to stand and do whatever they could.

"A lot of people think that because we're pagans we're shouting to God. We're not shouting to God - we're shouting to human beings.

"We have the power to try and change things."

Mr Jameson, who donned antlers for the ceremony, said times have moved on since planning permission was granted in 1951 for the coastal strip of Southwell land to be quarried.

He said: "Permission was given when Britain was still rebuilding out of the war. Things have changed now.

"Portland has given and given and given and it's now time for it to get something back.

"We'll march through the streets of London to stop this if we have to."