North Shields, Redburn Dene, 'Prophecy Monolith'

HER Number:
11186

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Redburn Dene, 'Prophecy Monolith'

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:
1996 by Alec Peever. A slab of yellow sandstone carved with Isaiah's prophecy: "INSTEAD OF THE THORNBUSH WILL GROW THE PINE TREE AND INSTEAD OF BRIARS THE MYRTLE WILL GROW. THIS WILL BE FOR THE LORD'S RENOWN FOR AN EVERLASTING SIGN WHICH WILL NOT BE DESTROYED. ISAIAH 55V13". This refers to the care required to maintain the environment. There are also wooden staithes reclaimed from the Tyne, metal entrance-ways designed by local schoolchildren, a pebble mosaic of the British Isles and five signposts to five European countries. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting:
349

Northing:
671

Grid Reference:
NZ349671

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 164