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Edinburgh, Riccarton, Heriot-watt University, Leonard Horner Hall
Hall Of Residence (Modern)
Site Name Edinburgh, Riccarton, Heriot-watt University, Leonard Horner Hall
Classification Hall Of Residence (Modern)
Alternative Name(s) The Avenue
Canmore ID 183011
Site Number NT16NE 58.28
NGR NT 1773 6939
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/183011
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Currie
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (6 August 2001)
Triangular stone with a hollow on one side and a step on the other, and wave-like marks at the rear. Set on a brick pedestal.
Stanley Wilson was employed as Heriot-Watt's sculptor in residence in 1992, to produce various works.
The sculptor says this work is about 'the games played with the Scottish fishing industry' by politicians and bureaucrats. The forms are related to the abstracted circles and crosses on Pictish stones, linking the present to the past.
Inscriptions : On plaque on top of pedestal:
FINN STONE
STAN WILSON 1992
Signatures : None
Year of unveiling : 1992
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0326)
