Detail View: SHIMMER: Silkstone Waggonway Memorial

Title: 
Silkstone Waggonway Memorial
Creation Date: 
2000
Image Date: 
2002
Period: 
19th century
Location: 
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
sandstone (carved and painted) , ceramic plaque
Display Creator: 
RITCHIE, Jim , Keith SEDDON and Ailsa MAGNUS
Image ID: 
02-2081
Description: 

Location: At the corner of High Street and Noblethorpe Lane (the A628).

Description: A square stone column. On each side is carved a cross in a circle. Beneath these are one of two brass plaques, a painted carved Yorkshire rose or a plaque for Silkstone Parish Council. The column is sited on top of two stone steps, one step at 45° to the other. The points of the compass are carved on the horizontal surface of the corners of the lower step.
A large railway waggon filled with coal is sited on a short section of plateway track to one side of the column.

Commission: Built to commemorate the Millennium; this piece also forms the centre stone of the Silkstone Heritage Stones Project. Jim Ritchie was the chair of the Roggins Local History Group at the time.

Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Related Information: 
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/pmsa/barnsley/index.html#page5 > .
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
RITCHIE, Jim
Creator Role: 
Designer.
Creator: 
MAGNUS, Ailsa
Creator Role: 
Ceramic artist.
Subject Heading: 
Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading: 
Monuments -- England
Subject Heading: 
Heritage tourism -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading: 
Coal mines and mining
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