Field Visit

Date 20 December 2000

Event ID 612614

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612614

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

Façade inscription in exposed I-beams above ground floor of building, which turns corner into Crichton's Close.

The close leads to the Scottish Poetry Library.

Inscriptions : Cursive stainless steel 3D writing in metal I-beam support:

a nation is forged in the hearth

(round corner in close): of poetry

In upright I-beam to left: 112

Signatures : Plaque under 112 gives artist's name and date.

Design period : 1999

Year of unveiling : 1999

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0310)