A PROJECT offering visitors a ‘seat with a view’ of historic discoveries has been launched.

It was the culmination of more than two years of work at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park on the Rame Peninsula by a team of volunteers led by Cornwall Archaeological Unit’s James Gossip. 

The team has been working on the various historic structures built by the Edgcumbe family around their estate, including the Stone Seat and Upper Deer House in the Deer Park.

And the team members say they have ‘unearthed some amazing information’ – for example, the project has revealed that Mount Edgcumbe is home to probably the longest coastal carriage drive in the UK.

Now the drive links a number of new ‘seats’ designed to enjoy the various views and take in the structures that have been repaired.

The project, funded through Higher Level Stewardship funds and administered by Natural England, has also led to the compiling of a new leaflet to guide visitors on a four-mile circular walk around these focal points in the country park.