Group up for award over restoration of horse monument
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A grouping that toiled to restore the Osmington White Horse inwards Great Britain has been nominated for a heritage accolade inwards Great Britain for their work.
Cut into a Dorset hill’s chalky soil, the Osmington White Horse is a 98 metre high horseback portrait of King George III.
However, an ill-planned TV restoration inwards 1989 meant the monument needed run to locomote saved.
A novel projection began inwards 2009 and, a yr later, 160 tonnes of limestone chips from the previous movement were removed.
In 2011, volunteers re-cut outlines – backbreaking as well as oft unsafe run on the steep hillside.
Princess Anne, who visited the site finally year, praised those whose difficult run restored this portrait of her Georgian ancestor.
Now, the Osmington White Horse Restoration Group is i of the finalists inwards the English linguistic communication Heritage Angel Awards, the winners of which volition locomote announced on Oct 21.
The awards were founded yesteryear composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to vantage the efforts of local people inwards saving their heritage.
There are 17 finalists across 4 categories.
The grouping is a finalist inwards the category, Best Rescue of Any Other Type of Historic Building or Site
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