The Combe Down Stone Mines saga is now nearly complete. After several years of pouring foam concrete into the ground in one of the biggest land stabalisation projects in the country which included creating a 5 Star bat hotel underground its time to remember the work of the project. Our community has been host to a number of Welsh miners during these years and they have done a fantastic job.

The project cost the Government £160M and has been managed by the Council and delivered on schedule and without a major incident.

The agency commissioned a work of art to celebrate the project and it is currently on show at the Octogan. It is a wall of plates that depict the mines project. It is a fantastic work of art by Chrie Tipping. Also on show are all the clay miners made by local school children as part of an art project. Great stuff. The wall of plates should certainly go on show – perhaps starting with a tour to other towns that have been part of the land stalisation scheme.