They said thatchers from the south of England had to be called upon to carry out a recent repair project.

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An emergency repair project on the Kessock Bridge was completed last year.

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Working with the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University, England, the Fitzwilliam Museum undertook an ambitious restoration project to repair and reshape the Egyptian relic, and get it back on display.

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