St. Marys loch

Scottish Borders 2006

Two green oak land anchors and four floating bronze casts – a place to wait for the arrival of an alluvial land bridge growing across the loch from the opposite shore, a process begun following the last ice age and that may take another 10,000 years to complete.

Updates on this work

Shinglehook 001, St. Mary's Loch.
4 cast bronze floats form a line pointing towards the place where the Megget River enters the loch.
Shinglehook 002, St. Mary's Loch.
The floats are cast in bronze from the material growing from the opposite shore.
Shinglehook 003, St. Mary's Loch.
2 oak structures, half buried in the gravel, form anchor points for the cables joining the bronze floats
Shinglehook 004, St. Mary's Loch.
Location map showing project site. Green circle outlines the growing land mass as material brought down the Megget River is deposited on entering the loch.
Shinglehook 005, St. Mary's Loch.
Detail of a bronze cast prior to the addition of copper sides