The trainees and David Carlisle helped by volunteer David Lilley, have been working hard this year continuing the three year programme of repair on the fort walls. This is part of the Heritage Lottery and SeaChange funded On The Edge project. The team have worked since April in the Northern Fort repairing and consolidating the limestone mortar work on the Rampart Walls. They also remove and treat vegetation to prevent it damaging the mortar and eventually pulling the stones apart. This has meant alot of scaffolding around the fort walls this summer as they meticulously carry out this important work. It is now getting too cold and wet to use the traditional lime mortar so David Carlisle is packing up and completing final touches to then return in Spring. The trainees work will be focussed on the headlands practical habitat management for the winter months.
