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Gordon Young (artist)
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Gordon Young is a British artist specialising in public art, often including typographical elements. His Comedy Carpet on Blackpool Promenade, at 2,200m2, is one of the UK's largest pieces of public a
Gordon Young with one of the Bird Stone sculptures, Cambridge
Gordon Young with one of the Bird Stone sculptures, Cambridge
The Eric Morecambe memorial area, Morecambe
The Eric Morecambe memorial area, Morecambe
The Gem Stane, one of seven works on the 7stane mountain bike routes, Scotland
The Gem Stane, one of seven works on the 7stane mountain bike routes, Scotland
The Comedy Carpet on Blackpool promenade
The Comedy Carpet on Blackpool promenade
Border reivers
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Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border. They included both English and Scottish people, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality. The
Gordon Young (artist)
…Cursing Stone and Reiver Pavement (2001), Carlisle: a walkway (connecting Tullie House Museum to Carlisle Castle under a main road) showing the names of border reiver families, and a 14-ton granite boulder showing part of a curse against these families which bishop Gavin Dunbar caused to be read out in churches in…
Reivers at Gilnockie Tower in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from a 19th-century print
Reivers at Gilnockie Tower in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from a 19th-century print
Notorious raider Walter Scott of Harden's horn, noted in a poem called "The Reiver's Wedding" by Sir Walter Scott. It reads in part: "He took a bugle
Notorious raider Walter Scott of Harden's horn, noted in a poem called "The Reiver's Wedding" by Sir Walter Scott. It reads in part: "He took a bugle frae his side,/With names carved o'er and o'er,/Full many a chief of meikle pride,/That Border bugle bore."
Dryhope Tower near Selkirk in Scotland, built in the 1500s for protection against the reivers
Dryhope Tower near Selkirk in Scotland, built in the 1500s for protection against the reivers
Auld Wat of Harden by Tom Scott. A romanticised image of a notorious raider, Walter Scott of Harden.
Auld Wat of Harden by Tom Scott. A romanticised image of a notorious raider, Walter Scott of Harden.