Local councillors have been thanked for their funding contribution towards a display at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery on the Lydstep Pig.

Members of Tenby Town Council received correspondence from the museum's collections manager, Mark Lewis, at their meeting on Tuesday night.

"This display will add to the educational value of the museum and is aimed to bring local archaeology to life in an informative and entertaining manner," wrote Mr. Lewis on behalf of the museum's trustees.

Meanwhile, Clr. Mrs. Trisha Putwain proposed that the town council write to the Natural History Museum, to see if they might reconsider their decision not to allow the Tenby Museum to have loan of the Mesolithic pig excavated in Lydstep, by Arthur Leach in 1917.

"Tenby Museum have mounted a most ingenious display of the find, but obviously the actual skeleton would make it a real excellent attraction," said Clr. Mrs. Putwain, stating that an extended loan would be ideal to cover the centenary of the discovery.

"Arthur Leach was curator of Tenby Museum, and an important archaeologist in Pembrokeshire, who is still fondly remembered by those who knew him.

"It would be a fitting tribute to his memory were the museum able to do his famous find full justice for the centenary of its coming to light," she added.

Councillors agreed that the letter should be sent to the Natural History Museum.