Statue & Monuments of Britain

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The Stones of Stenness - Britain's oldest standing stones?

The Standing Stones of Stenness, in the Orkney Islands, are reckoned to be the oldest of Britain's many Neolithic stone monuments. The purpose of the structure remains unknown.

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Seahenge

In 1998, wave erosion gradually revealed a mysterious circle of tree stumps on the beach near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. After excavation, scientists discovered that the trees had all been felled in the spring of 2049 BC. The purpose of "Seahenge" remains unknown.

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Homage to Narnia in C.S. Lewis' Belfast homeland

A glimpse of the world of Narnia imagined by Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis has been created in a new public square on the Newtownards Road in the city, with a £2.5million installation dedicated to characters from the Chronicles of Narnia books.

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Darlington's Brick Train - a celebration of steam locomotion

On the outskirts of Darlington, in the county of Durham, is an amazing sculpture of a locomotive made entirely of bricks. More than twenty years after it was unveiled, the Brick Train remains a beloved local landmark.

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Of mice and men - London's smallest statue

London's smallest public statue - actually, a sculpture - is there as a result of a sad anecdotal story. It can be found on a building on the corner of Philpot Lane and Eastcheap in the City of London, and depicts two tiny mice fighting over a piece of cheese.

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Unsettling sculpture - Another Place by Antony Gormley

At Crosby Beach, Merseyside, a hundred cast-iron, life-size figures of one naked man stare out across the water. Called "Another Place", this is a piece of modern sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley.

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The Kelpies - Scottish monuments to horse-power

The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal.

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The Otford Solar System

The Otford Solar System is a scale model of the solar system constructed in and around the village of Otford, near Sevenoaks in Kent.

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Ring of Brodgar - 'mysteriously stern'

The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge is an enormous ceremonial site dating back to the 3rd millennium BC. It can be found on Mainland, the largest island of the Orkneys, off the Scottish coast.

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Rollright Stones - a megalithic circle on the edge of Oxfordshire

On a limestone ridge just north of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, stand the Rollright Stones - dating back nearly 6000 years.

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The Sandbach Crosses, Cheshire

Two massive Saxon stone crosses dominate the cobbled market square of Sandbach in Cheshire - elaborately carved with animals and Biblical scenes.

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Hercules - a memorial to a bear and his owner in the Hebrides

In 1980, a performing grizzly bear called Hercules escaped from an advertising set and went on the gentlest rampage possible in the Outer Hebrides, achieving international fame.

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The musical gravestones of London

A famous clown is remembered in a London graveyard where visitors are encouraged to dance on the graves.

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Stanton Drew stone circle, Somerset

Even Somerset locals are barely aware of the stone circle of Stanton Drew - and yet this is the third largest complex of prehistoric standing stones in England.

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