ON the High Street in Mansfield Woodhouse is a cottage called Wolf Hunt House and it is reputed that long ago the man who lived there had the job of keeping the area free from wolves.

The wolves are back again, this time through a new community artwork on the Millennium Green.

Created by Nottingham-based carver Mark Manders, the sculpture was made out of an old ash tree that was felled in 2014.

Children from the Bramble and Manor academies in Mansfield Woodhouse attended a workshop, where they heard about the natural history of the green and made suggestions for the design of the carving.

The carving was commissioned by the Mansfield Woodhouse Millennium Green Trust and funded by a grant from the SUEZ Communities Trust — an ethical funding organisation dedicated to making lasting improvements to the natural environment and community life.