Redburn Dene, 'Prophecy Monolith'
Redburn Dene, 'Prophecy Monolith'
HER Number
              11186
          District
              N Tyneside
          Site Name
              Redburn Dene, 'Prophecy Monolith'
          Place
              North Shields
          Map Sheet
              NZ36NW
          Class
              Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
          Site Type: Broad
              Sculpture
          Site Type: Specific
              Sculpture
          General Period
              20TH CENTURY
          Specific Period
              Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
          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
              434900
          Northing
              567100
          Grid Reference
              NZ434900567100
    Sources
              Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 164