WORK on long-forgotten historical features is being undertaken at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. And some fascinating discoveries are being made. In one particular project, scrub has been removed from a stone seat structure to reveal an amazing cobbled floor and a stone kerb. The features and structures are being restored thanks to the country park joining the Government’s Environmental Stewardship Scheme in 2014 and signing up to a higher level agreement. This scheme provides financial support for the management of the landscape – including fencing, grazing management, the control of scrub and invasive species, and the installation of bat and bird boxes – and for restoring and consolidating historical features. Funding is being used to re-establish a section of the zig-zag paths on steeper sections of the coastal footpaths and for work on the Upper and Lower Deer Houses, the Stone Seat and St Julian’s Chapel and Well. The Temple of Milton, the Red Seat, the Picklecombe Seat and Queen Adelaide’s Grotto are also benefiting.