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Edinburgh, Bonnington Road, Swanfield Industrial Estate, Pedestrian Entrance
Bollard (Modern), Sign (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Bonnington Road, Swanfield Industrial Estate, Pedestrian Entrance
Classification Bollard (Modern), Sign (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 302266
Site Number NT27NE 1637
NGR NT 26694 76100
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302266
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 1637 26694 76100
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 (24 April 2002)
Three-dimensional bollard in the form of a bound wheatsheaf with symbolic objects included on top, eg. swan, feather, spanner, horseshoe, cog.
The wheatsheaf and its embedded objects refer to the site's past as the entrance to the flour mill's stables, hence horses and machinery. It serves as a reminder of the buildings now demolished, and a former way of life.
Inspected By : Iain Grant (form by D. King)
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1984
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0458)
Field Visit (24 April 2002)
Metal overthrow with a flying swan in an arch of sun's rays. Wave lines are in the horizontal sections either side of the word SWANFIELD. The swan is painted white.
The archway frames a concrete three-dimensional corn sheaf with symbolic objects on top [EDIN0458].
Inspected By : I.C. Grant
Inscriptions : Below swan: SWANFIELD
Signatures : None Visible
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0459)
