Chirton Dene, 'Kin'

HER Number

11183

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Chirton Dene, 'Kin'

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

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

434700

Northing

567500

Grid Reference

NZ434700567500

Sources

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