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Kelpies Falkirk

            The pair of heads, known as The Kelpies, are the work of Glasgow artist Andy Scott – and it was a former rescue horse named Baron, rehabilitated by the charity World Horse Welfare, who was one of two horses used as models for the massive steel artwork.
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, but the Kelpies themselves are situated in Grangemouth, standing next to an extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near the River Carron, in The Helix, a parkland project built to connect sixteen communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013
The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they have their own visitors‘ centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The horse heads are part of a £40 million project funded by The Big Lottery Fund to transform an area of industrial land into a public space, which backers hope will prove to be a major tourist attraction.
The artwork is based on the mythical Scots Legend of water-based spirits, or kelpies, but it was Baron and his mate, Duke, who were the real-life models used by Scot

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Skinflats (show map)

Taken on: May 2, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 80D, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 46mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 80D
Lens:	TAMRON 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 DiII VC B018
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	46mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
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