ALMOST a century after horses worked alongside lead miners, they are helping to landscape a museum site.
Killhope Lead Mining Museum, upper Weardale, gives visitors an image of traditional working methods, with a restored mine, a water wheel, cottages and blacksmith's shop.
Although the museum is an authentic representation, the ground surrounding Killhope is not in keeping with the 19th century landscape.
Anthony Tull and his Dales-cross pony, Sally, were brought in by Trojan Forestry to add horsepower to the project to thin woodland.
The work is funded through a grant from the County Durham Environmental Trust, which receives money from Durham County Waste Management Company under the landfill tax credit scheme.
Killhope manager Ian Forbes said: "Over the years we have gone to great lengths to give the centre a real feel of the 1800s, and the only area we were falling short was in the grounds."
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