North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'The Tide is Turning'

HER Number:
11184

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Chirton Dene, 'The Tide is Turning'

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. A metal relief texts in an artificial pond at the south end of the Dene: "THE TIDE IS TURNING". And a retaining wall with soft yellow stone tablets which each carries a word from the following quotation: "IF WATER WERE WORDS WHAT WOULD THE TYNE SAY?".

Easting:
347

Northing:
674

Grid Reference:
NZ347674

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 163-4