Detail of "Michael's Gate", a 1997 sculpture by Ben Platts-Mills, created using two halves of an oak tree and a piece of sweet chestnut.
The sculpture commemorates the fact that a ley line, the Michael Line, runs through this spot, near to where it intersects with another ley line, the Mary Line, "bringing together two distinct paths of the earth's energy", according to the accompanying signboard. Well, I'm sure they know best ...
The sculpture is topped by two birds: the white eagle, from the borough's crest, and the swan, commemorating the Black Swan public house which formerly stood on this site.
Cross Street car park, Eye, Suffolk
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