Any ideas travellers had of moving onto a new housing development on Long Lane have been dashed after these barriers were dug last week.
A contractor spent a day at the site - the former Mount Carmel school playground - digging up piles of earth from the site borders - and even locking the gate!
Perhaps he'd read this QLocal story from last week... ormskirk.qlocal.co.uk/ormskirk/news_list/Is_this_an_open_invitation_to_travellers-55033613.htm