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