Looks more like sleepy piggy to me!
www.ronaldrae.co.uk/sculptures/wild-boar
"Rae was motivated to carve this sculpture having seen wild boars in the forests of Germany. Wild boars also roamed Britain in ancient times ... The image of the Wild Boar in Celtic art symbolised hospitality and feasting as well as hunting."
Tags: ronald Rae Corrennie Granite Falkirk wild boar granite stone carving sculpture
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Back ground was cluttered so took away colour and office windows and some lugguage and a cycle rack!
www.ronaldrae.co.uk/sculptures/heavy-horse-and-foal
"This sculpture is a statement about the heavy horse – how much it is part of our heritage – long before the Industrial Revolution when machines took over on the farms, railways and canals. It is also a statement about mother love in the animal world."
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Going round....it surprised us to learn that it is free to boats using it to get between the Scottish lowland canals.
www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/home
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This time made of Kemnay Granite, and the last of our Ronald Rae sculptures.
www.ronaldrae.co.uk/sculptures/ox
"The emblem of St. Luke, the patron saint of healing. The ox is the beast of burden and of hard labour in the fields. "
Tags: Ronald Rae Kemnay Granite Falkirk Ox 2001 Ox granite stone carving sculpture
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Dennis running on the Archimedes Screw to lift water uphill.
Tags: Archimedes Screw Falkirk wheel Falkirk canal
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