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Branwen
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Re: Neolithic Carved Stone Balls
Feb 17, 2010, 13:06
You're right about Northumberland - and I collect a lot of folklore from there despite it being in "that other country" as Scots call it.

Yeah, those giant balls are in the courtyard area at the front of the Sheraton Grand in Edinburgh Olly. I pass them regularly.
http://images.travelnow.com/hotelimages/s/000000/000712A.jpg
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The biggest one is also a fountain, getting back to the water worn comment Stonegloves made, and is well suited to that use.

Quite lot of neolithic connections with recent sculptural art in the city. The horrible stone sculptures in the park, whilst modern and unappealing, to me at least, are placed exactly where old maps say there were stones which were removed.

And the Bonnington House art has a wyrm hill with spiral terrace and aesthetically seems to follow the same principles as the ancients in fitting into a landscape:
http://thelobby.com/JupiterArtland.jpg
The 80-acre sculpture park is filled with magical works of art like "Firmament," a massive figure of steel bands that crouches against a blue sky like an intricate line drawing. Or "Over Here," a hand-knitted net that stretches across the forest resembling an oversized spiderweb. "Stone Coppice" is comprised of mysterious stones held within slender tree-trunks that lead the way to grassy stepped hillsides called "Life Mounds." Nearby, the white forms of five "Weeping Girls" take shape. A storybook terrain filled with imaginative narratives and wondrous surprises, Jupiter Artland is situated on the grounds of the private estate Bonnington House. The works of contemporary artists like Anish Kapoor, Andy Goldsworthy, and the recently deceased Ian Hamilton Finlay rise up from the landscape's meadows and woodlands, each one constructed in careful regard to its specific topographical location. Guests are provided with a map that details the location of each work of art, but there's no set route through the grounds, and visitors are invited to simply wander at will.

I would love it if the council decided to landscape the various wells and springs with native scottish plants and grass terrace or other natural seating. And gave the wells themselves a facelift. I see well garden pictures in other places, and think they look so peaceful. In the park they could be very natural, self sustaining, and looking like they grew out of the landscape, with rockeries and terraces. In other places they would make lovely gardens. Great for outdoor storytelling venues. Or meeting places for nature talks and walks the park rangers do. The fringe and festival would get a lot of use out of them too.
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