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Stones of Scotland Leaflet Group The official launch ceremony was on 30th November 2002 November 30th on was ceremony launch official The Borders RIGS Borders Funding by Scottish Natural Heritage. Natural Scottish by Funding Scottish Parliament. Scottish Kenny Munro, Raymond Lintern Coordinator: Dr Elspeth Urquhart Elspeth Dr Coordinator: Lintern Raymond Munro, Kenny Lothian and Lothian Designed by: Derek Munn Photographs from British Geological Survey collection, Survey Geological British from Photographs Munn Derek by: Designed site is in Regent Road Park, Edinburgh overlooking the new the overlooking Edinburgh Park, Road Regent in is site Produced by Lothian and Borders RIGS © 2006 © RIGS Borders and Lothian by Produced stone to represent their area in a central sculpture. The chosen The sculpture. central a in area their represent to stone and was generously gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council. Edinburgh of City the by gifted generously was and regions of Scotland, involving local communities in finding a finding in communities local involving Scotland, of regions is part of a World Heritage Site Heritage World a of part is Scotland of Stones for Site Regent Road, Edinburgh Road, Regent A new creative journey was planned visiting each of the 32 the of each visiting planned was journey creative new A Scottish Arts Council to realise the installation on site. on installation the realise to Council Arts Scottish Regionally Important Geological Site Geological Important Regionally for Hibernia' for Wyllie received a Creative Scotland Award in 2000 from the from 2000 in Award Scotland Creative a received Wyllie visited the 32 Counties and collected work to create the 'Spires the create to work collected and Counties 32 the visited feasibility study for the Stones of Scotland project. George project. Scotland of Stones the for study feasibility undertaken by George Wyllie and Kenny Munro when they when Munro Kenny and Wyllie George by undertaken Arts Council which enabled the three artists to undertake a undertake to artists three the enabled which Council Arts This project grew out of a previous journey in Ireland in journey previous a of out grew project This In 1998 Kenny Munro received an award from the Scottish the from award an received Munro Kenny 1998 In their kind permission to use the poem by Hugh MacDiarmid. Hugh by poem the use to permission kind their with Stuart Rogers of the Paul Hogarth Company Hogarth Paul the of Rogers Stuart with the Stones of Scotland of Stones project. Thanks to Carcanet Press for Press Carcanet to Thanks project. By George Wyllie MBE., Kenny Munro, Lesley-May Miller Lesley-May Munro, Kenny MBE., Wyllie George By numerous to name here for their help and encouragement with encouragement and help their for here name to numerous The artists would like to thank persons and organisations too organisations and persons thank to like would artists The From east end of London Road about 300 m. 300 about Road London of end east From By foot: From east end of Princes Street about 800 m. 800 about Street Princes of end east From foot: By By car: Parking opposite site in metered bays. metered in site opposite Parking car: By By coach: Coach parking in metered bays alongside entrance. alongside bays metered in parking Coach coach: By Road. By bus: bus: By Numerous bus services to Princes Street and London and Street Princes to services bus Numerous Scottish P Scottish arliament. south side of Regent Road facing to Arthur's Seat and the and Seat Arthur's to facing Road Regent of side south are in Regent Road Park on the on Park Road Regent in are Scotland of Stones The Arthur’s Seat Arthur’s (Royal Mile) (Royal Parliament High Street High Scottish Scottish P alace diversity Bridge South The Castle The Holyrood Holyrood Station Waverley Waverley Geological Stones of Scotland of Stones North Bridge North Princes Street Princes Regent Road Regent Calton Hill Calton Leith W Leith in time in London Road London N alk Footsteps Footsteps Edinburgh Stones of Scotland of Stones Stones of Scotland of Stones start of a new millennium new a of start A sculpture to celebrate the creative spirit in Scotland at the at Scotland in spirit creative the celebrate to sculpture A How to find the the find to How The Stones of Scotland of Stones The The current living spirit of encouragement within the “...this work is a reminder to a new 'Stones of Scotland' requires recognition as a platform for debate. Within the rich rough edged diversity of these era of Scottish politics that the centre stones lies a catalyst to encourage every person to look around, sense their potential; in this new political must involve and be legitimised by all landscape, urban and rural. People have a new capacity that surrounds it.” George Wyllie MBE and responsibility as a force to evoke constructive change. Kenny Munro SCOTLAND It requires great love of it deeply to read The configuration of a land, Gradually grow conscious of fine shadings, Of great meanings in slight symbols, Hear at last the great voice that speaks softly, See the swell and fall upon the flank Of a statue carved out in a whole country's marble, Be like Spring, like a hand in a window Moving New and Old things carefully to and fro, "I think of the Stones of Scotland as a Moving a fraction of flower here, symbolic gathering and outlook place. The stones may Placing an inch of air there, represent the 32 points of the compass. A place to inspire And without breaking anything. people to meet for discussion from all over the country and So I have gathered unto myself from all over the world. A less formal meeting point than All the loose ends of Scotland, And by naming them and accepting them the Parliament building, looking beyond Scotland in the Loving them and identifying myself with them, hope of a more peaceful future. The search for the 32 INCANTATION Attempt to express the whole. stones became a series of creative journeys and a series of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 - 1978) interesting encounters." Lesley-May Miller Navel stone of Caledon Now we forward step once more (Poem engraved on slab of Corennie granite sponsored by Fyfe Glenrock of marker of millennium reclaiming those who walked Aberdeen) eye of seer, druid's tongue, before: world of carlin, - stand upon builder, makar, engineer, Wyllie has always striven this footprint made for everyone. doctor, printer, traveller, lad o'pairts and balladeer. to communicate with As pebble cast into a pool audiences by taking art out sends ripple upon ripple A step for Scotland carved in so this sacred stone will tell, stone of the gallery and into the bear witness, fair or fell, a parliament without a throne community. Here too The to our truth and principle. a country each of us can own a wisdom, knowing as we are Stones of Scotland is Once as chiefs stood on Dunadd known, intended as a meeting place our land and loyalty they bled, a going forth and coming home. Our corn, our cattle and our Who among us now will work with a variety of uses - a gold - for light that penetrates the dark contemplative retreat, yes, whoso worked with hand or for freedom climbing like the lark head: for the democratic spark - but perhaps also a tourist crofter, hunter - Somerled. whose the tread that fits this mark? SCOTTISH stop, the subject of a school NATURAL Tessa Ransford HERITAGE trip, or a speakers' forum. THE STONES OF SCOTLAND Mousa, Shetland 32 STONES - ONE FROM EACH OF THE 32 SCOTTISH REGIONAL COUNCILS Regent Road Park, Edinburgh Descriptions of the geology of each chosen stone and a map showing the diversity of Scotland's geology and the location of Scotland's 32 councils. Although not chosen as an A-Z of Scottish rocks, the stones are a good and useful representative sample of Scottish geology. Sedimentary Rocks: clastic rocks formed from sediments laid down in water or on land, e.g. sand to sandstone. Igneous Rocks: crystalline rocks formed from molten magma, either as extrusive lavas and ash, e.g. basalt, or underground intrusions, e.g. granite or basalt Metamorphic Rocks: rocks altered by natural heat and pressure at great depth, e.g. slate, schist, gneiss or marble. The Stones of Scotland are of various sources: quarried blocks which are angular, fresher and sometimes cut rock, building stones which may be dressed (cut to shape) and tooled (with incised marks), weathered blocks from the land surface, or rounded boulders from river or shore. Weathering: Some Stones were collected with weathered, encrusted surfaces, other stones had fresh hand-worked surfaces. Over time the Stones are becoming weathered and overgrown with moss, lichen and black mould, and the geology of the Stones less clear. Western Isles Sea shore boulder, near Carloway, Lewis. This sea- Shetland Grey, fissile sandstone, flagstone, long-used as building Highland Marble and grey granite. Greyish white Skye Marble rounded boulder is of hard banded pink and grey Lewisian gneiss, a material as in Broch of Mousa. reputedly used in great buildings, such as Iona Abbey, The Vatican, and high-grade metamorphic rock, among the oldest rock in Britain, about the Palace of Versailles. The grey granite has crystals of pale pink 2700 million years old. Orkney Cut flagstone of fine-grained sandstone, pinkish brown with feldspar, some clear quartz and black pyroxene. fine grey laminations. Top surface is dark bedding plane with burrows, Argyll and Bute Monumental block of pink granite quarried from very like the Caithness Flags in centre of sculpture. Moray Sandstone from Clashach Quarry on Moray coast, famous for Tormore Quarry, Ross of fossil footprints of Permian reptiles (now protected site).
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