General view of Mark Wallinger's sculpture 'Folk Stones' in the coastal park from the north-east, with a bandstand and the sea beyond

Date:
9 Jul 2010
Location:
The Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone, Shepway, Kent
Reference:
DP114017
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The sculpture is a flat square of 19240 numbered pebbles, representing the number of British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/18249 The Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone, Kent; within the Volume: BF114065 The Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Williams, Peter

Keywords

Sculpture, Seaside