The stone bench nears completion at the north end of the park.  The bench is being constructed by East Lothian Council using stone gifted, last year, by Lafarge.  Friends of Winterfield wanted to make a stone feature in the park and approached Lafarge in its fiftieth year at Dunbar to ask whether they had some.  The stone came from East Barns village shortly before its demolition to facilitate the expansion of quarrying.  Having chosen some pieces, Lafarge transported the stone to Dunbar for us.

East Lothian Council have kindly incorporated some of it in a south-facing stone bench seat; built into a landscaped mound that will act as a viewing platform when complete. Turf is being cut from the former putting green (in preparation for this year’s meadow flower planting), which will cover the new mound.  A second mound and seat will be built this winter.

We would like to thank Lafarge (and particularly the Quarry Manager, Dave Hurcombe) and the East Lothian Council Amenity Services team who have put so much work into this over Spring 2015.

Here are some views of East Barns Farm in January 2014.  The buildings were demolished shortly afterwards.