Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail
Bowlee Art Trail

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The trail takes the form of nineteen large stone boulders which have been placed alongside the main pathways in the park. On each stone is either one or a pair of carved images relating to the history of Middleton.

The nineteen carvings are: 'The Mullet and Pheon', 'Football', 'Moonraker', 'Longbow and Pierced Mullet', 'The Horse', 'The Boar', 'Key and Shoe', 'Silk Moth and Cotton Boll', 'Briar Rose', 'Flood Water', 'The Bell and Chain', 'The Verjuice Stone and Pond', 'The Apple', 'Shuttle and Shears', 'The Poppy', 'The Daisy', 'Lily of the Valley and the Wheel', 'The Chimney and The Clasped Hands'.
Title

Bowlee Art Trail

Medium

sandstone

Accession number

M24_PRJ_S020

Acquisition method

commissioned by Rochdale Borough Council

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Rochdale Borough Council

Custodian

Rochdale Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

November 1998

Access

at all times

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Located at

Heywood Old Road, Middleton

M24 4LU

Located in Bowlee Community Park between Heywood Old Road and Latrigg Crescent.