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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Cameron Mellor & Estel Farell-Roig

Heatwave drought reveals ghostly remains from WWII in stately home's garden

This week's record-shattering heatwave revealed a piece of history dating back to World War II at a park in the East Midlands.

As the grass on the former stately home estate baked from its usual green to beige, the foundations of buildings erected during the WWII could be very clearly seen.

These days, the Orangery is the only building at Markeaton Park that is still standing from the original stately home estate.

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