Location
Next to the main road at Port Elphinstone, Inverurie
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 776 197
Date
2004
Description
The two arches of this bronze symbolise the bridges over the River Don and the Aberdeenshire Canal since it is because of these that Port Elphinstone (that part of the settlement on the South bank of the Don) came into being. The plinth section represents standing stones, The spaces between the three sections of the granite base represent the river and the canal. The symbols in the top surface were designed and executed together with children from Port Elphinstone school and represent episodes from the history of the town.
Related Information
The sculpture is not far from the, 110 foot diameter Broomend of Crichie, henge monument at NJ 779 196. One of the stones of which was re-used as a Class1 Pictish symbol stone, with the 'Pictish beast' symbol and a crescent and V rod.
Era
2000s
Categories
Iconography
- animals in general
- barrel
- bell
- bird
- plant
- ship
- spider
- tools
- tower
- tractor
Creator
- Gordon Lochhead, Sculptor
Photographer
- Michael Watt
Unavailable Data
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- Related Artefacts
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