The Kelpies, Scotland · ίππος · Nøkken · Bäckahästen · Burnie horse @HelixFalkirk @scottsculptures

A kelpie is a supernaitural shape-shiftin watter horse frae Celtic fowklair that's thocht tae haunt the rivers an lochs o Scotland an Ireland. In Orkney, a sib beastie wis cried the Nuggle, an in Shetland a sib beastie wis cried the Shoopiltee. Ye'll find it in Scandinavie fowklair an aw. In Swaden it's kent bi the name Bäckahästen, the burnie horse. In Norrowey it's cried nøkken, whaur it aft uises the horse shape, but is no it's true shape. sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie

The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies, located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies

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Taken on: June 6, 2014

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