Farringdon Row, 'Standing Stones'

1997 by Rosie Leventon. Four large boulders each with a single vertical stripe, set in a line across the grass from the river bank to a line of trees. A fifth smaller boulder carries an inscription "HERE IS THE END OF THE LINE/ STAITHES AND THE START OF THE SEA/ THE WORM IN THE WATER". The stripe across the boulders represents the worked-out coal seam. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation as part of the Stephenson Trail.