It's a good job there are no peat deposits or workings in the Forest of Dean 
... (or are
there?) as that would be decidedly tricky to represent.  Still I wonder what 
Health and Safety will make of the coal
measures as presumably they will pose a potential  fire hazard...  (!!)

regards

john a w lock

feel free to pass this back to the [gloshistory] group!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hardwick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:17 AM
Subject: FW: [gloshistory] Geomap Forest of Dean


An interesting item below

Show what can be done with Grant money if you are organized enough to det
yur application right

Regards
David

-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Averil Kear
Sent: 14 August 2007 08:54
To: Glos History Groups
Subject: [gloshistory] Geomap Forest of Dean

BlankGEOMAP, FOREST OF DEAN



The Forest of Dean Local History Society has been awarded a grant of
£107,200 by DEFRA's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund administered by
Natural England to produce a spectacular piece of sculpture. Geologists are
fairly certain that this is a unique project, with certainly nothing like it
in the UK, and even in the world.

The Geomap will be a geology map of the Forest of Dean. Instead of bright
colours on a piece of paper, the rock strata will be represented by the
actual rock types, taken from both operational and disused quarries. It will
be a 900 square foot rock map in surface view. It will be flat and polished,
but not shiny, so that the public can walk on it.


On the map, the most important mines and quarries will be marked by discs

of different colours set into the rock. The major railways and possibly some
important tramways will also be marked on the map. Plaques mounted on stone
will provide information about the geology and the mines and quarries shown
on the map.



The Geomap will demonstrate the link between the geology and the quarrying
and mining industries in the Forest of Dean, and will celebrate these great
industries both of the past and the present in this unique area.



Planning permission has been granted for the Geomap to be situated at New
Fancy on a flat grassy area opposite the Miners Memorial which the History
Society erected in 2005. An overall view of the Geomap will be obtained from
the high viewpoint accessible by a footpath and there will be disabled
access. The sculptor/stonemason who will carry out the project is David
Yeates, who constructed the large rock viewing points at Lydney Docks.



The idea of the Geomap evolved from discussions between David Owen of the
Gloucestershire Geology Trust and the Secretary of the History Society, Dr.
Liz Berry and her husband Professor David Berry. Liz and Dave then put
together the grant application on behalf of the Society and they will be
overseeing the ongoing work with a sub-committee with full support from the
Society's Chairman and the rest of the committee. As partners, the Forestry
Commission, Gloucestershire Geology Trust, Forest of Dean District Council
and Coleford MCTI Partnership will all be offering their expertise as the
project progresses.



The Geomap will be completed by March 2008. The project will be of great
educational value for both the local community and the wider public, as well
as a unique and beautiful work of art.

Averil Kear
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Tel: 01594 563165



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