Public Monuments and Sculpture in Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme
Public Monuments and Sculpture in Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme
 

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Stone Circle
at Berryhill Fields
 

Location:  Berryhill fields - not far from the amphitheatre, on a grass path along from the "breaking the mould statue"
Installed:
2000                        

 

the amphitheatre can be seen at the top right of the photo and  and tiddlers pool top left
the amphitheatre can be seen at the top right of the photo and  and tiddlers pool top left
Purple circle - the stone circle
Blue circle - Breaking the Mould sculpture

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Berrhyhill Fields - signs to Tiddlers Pond and the Stone Circles
Berrhyhill Fields - signs to Tiddlers Pond and the Stone Circles

 

photos: Jan 2006

 

Description:

12 sandstone blocks set in a circle, with a flat centre stone.

 

Background to the circle:

Part of the restoration of the Berryhill fields after they had been saved from opencast mining.

There was a strong emphasis on community involvement throughout the project, and the Berryhill Friends Group played a key role in its management.

 

 

  

Materials:

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Stone circle

Sandstone  


 

 12 sandstone blocks set in a circle, with a flat centre stone
12 sandstone blocks set in a circle, with a flat centre stone
in the background is the Bentilee housing estate

 

the stones were placed here as part of the millennium celibrations
the stones were placed here as part of the millennium celibrations
in the background the Fenton television & radio transmitters

 


related pages.. 


Berryhill - the lung of the Potteries

Berryhill Collieries and Brickworks

Advert for Berryhill Brickworks

Berryhill Fields