Father-of-two Mr Berry has worked at Edgcumbe for 26 years, through floods and storms.

BBC: Historic Mount Edgcumbe's uncertain future

Helping the paid staff is a 50-strong army of volunteers, the Friends of Edgcumbe Park.

BBC: Historic Mount Edgcumbe's uncertain future

The two councils bought the 865-acre Mount Edgcumbe estate, which includes a 16th Century house, in 1971.

BBC: Mount Edgcumbe fears prompted by funding cut proposal

Mr Smith said Mount Edgcumbe's subsidy was shared equally between the two councils and if Plymouth was forced to cut its contribution too, the management of the estate would suffer.

BBC: Mount Edgcumbe fears prompted by funding cut proposal

On Thursday, the area between the dockyard and citadel was searched, and, on the Cornish side, the focus was between Mount Edgcumbe and Millbrook, including the St John's and HMS Raleigh areas.

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