North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'Kin'

HER Number:
11183

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'Kin'

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1994 by Alec Peever and writer Linda France. There is a small plaque on a bridge over the stream in the centre of the Dene which identifies the location of the sculpture in the stream bed below. The stone sculpture takes the form of two circular pieces held together by metal bolts. The upper stone includes the following inscription: "WHAT IS STRONGER THAN STONE? DEEPER THAN RIVER? There is a hole in the centre with the following words inscibed on the lower stone: EACH OTHER/ KIN".

Easting:
347

Northing:
675

Grid Reference:
NZ347675

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 163