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Weymouth's Portland Limestone Sculpture
Sunday 29 June, 2014
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Lady of the Lake offers up Geological insight.

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I’m not sure if it was travelling on the weekend of the Glastonbury Festival (29/6/14) but my first glimpse whilst driving past the Portland limestone stone sculpture on Weymouth’s Western by-pass suggested an almost Arthurian presence.

It was one that just had to be revisited on the homeward trip. Unfortunately locating a safe parking location close-by was about as difficult as finding the Holy Grail. Likewise walking around the installation was a life threatening experience although it was good to see a life belt - all be it on the far side of the pond!

Not even a simple explanation could be found on site, back home internet searches, ( I’m not yet one that does it “on the go” ) referred to “that” sculpture on the Weymouth by-pass and berated lumps of rock on sticks as a “waste of money”.

Back to Arthur, at first I thought it was the lady of the lake offering up insights to the underlying geology, but no, its Merlin that modern magician who makes our dreams come true by offering up the sacred balls on a steel pedestal – that’s what it reminded me of.
Come on Weymouth take pride in this superb civic sculpture, provide somewhere to park and view, give it a name and an appropriate story line befitting this distinctive installation.

Our images show the sculpture together with a shot taken at the Albion Stone works on Portland illustrating extraction of limestone from their underground workings.


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Weymouth's Portland Limestone Sculpture
Weymouth's Portland Limestone Sculpture
Weymouth's Portland Limestone Sculpture
Weymouth's Portland Limestone Sculpture
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