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At Mount Stewart - National Trust in County Down, the Dodo Terrace is a menagerie of strange stone creatures crafted in concrete by Thomas Beattie. They represent the Ark Club, a society gathering that met here during the First World War. One of the sculptures, a dodo, has been knocked off its plinth in a storm. Stone conservator Douglas's mission: to save the concrete bird from extinction. Watch more from Mount Stewart in the final episode of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, Friday at 9p

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