Restoring Gunns Mill

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A 17th century blast furnace in the Forest of Dean is being repaired by volunteers. Gunns Mill at Flaxley near Mitcheldean is now owned by the Forest of Dean Buildings Preservation Trust which is slowly restoring it. A local lime plastering company is helping with the work - running a course where participants get involved in the restoration Our reporter Dan Ayers has been to see them plastering one of the oldest walls on the site.