Eider Duck bench Forvie

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Eider Duck bench Forvie

Location

A short distance from the 'waterside' car park of the SNH reserve toward the Ythan estuary
Collieston, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Date

2013

Description

A carved wood bench the side supports representing the eider ducks, for which the reserve is famous, on columns of shell and weed encrusted rock, the back board is carved to suggest the estuary landscape the bench faces.

Related Information

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), which manages Forvie, near Newburgh, commissioned the bench after a donation by David Bruce Pimlott in memory of his wife, Elspeth. Mr and Mrs Pimlott enjoyed regular walks at Forvie before they moved to Northumberland.
Annoyingly but typically the local paper article on the bench's acquisition makes no mention of the creator.

Era

2000s

Information Source

Http://www.ellontimes.co.uk

Categories

Iconography

  • animals in general
  • bird
  • furniture
  • landscape

Creator

  • Unknown, Sculptor

Photographer

  • David Watson Hood

Unavailable Data

  • OS Map Reference
  • Related Artefacts
  • External Links

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