GRIP - Anthony Gormley Sculpture & Saddell Castle, Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland скачать в хорошем качестве

GRIP - Anthony Gormley Sculpture & Saddell Castle, Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland

GRIP is a sculpture created for Saddell Bay by artist Antony Gormley as part of the LAND installation to mark the Landmark Trust’s 50th anniversary. The abstract human form gazes out over the Kilbrannan Sound to Arran from the rocks below Saddell Castle. Originally commissioned for just 12 months, the cast-iron sculpture will remain indefinitely thanks to an anonymous private donor. Saddell Castle... Saddell Castle is a historic 16th-century castle on the shore of the Kilbrannan Sound near Saddell, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland of significant importance. The original castle existed in Somerled's time in the 12th century. The castle served as a bastion of the MacDonald family for several centuries and continues to be visited by MacDonald diaspora from around the world who return to Western Scotland and the Isles. Several MacDonald Lords have resided at Saddell over the centuries, including Alasdair Mor MacDonald, younger brother of Angus Mor MacDonald, Lord of the Isles in the 13th century. Angus Og MacDonald once provided refuge to Robert the Bruce during the First War of Scottish Independence in the early 14th century before taking him on to Dunaverty Castle on the Mull of Kintyre. The Castle is now used as a Small Hotel with 3 bedrooms - Sleeps up to 8 People More information here.. https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/sear... #argyll #scotland #gormley