Gregory Building Entrance
Students outside the Gregory Building, which was named after John Walker Gregory, Professor of Geology at the beginning of the 20th century. The building houses the Department of Archaeology, the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences and the Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). (source)
That’s quite an odd looking piece of sculpture, isn’t it? I can’t find a plaque that would explain it’s purpose or even what it’s supposed to be.
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When I posted a picture of this sculpture some time ago a geology student helpfully commented that it is known by all and sundry as the stone vagina.
January 19, 2010 at 11:46 pm
…and that explains why every now and then I’ll see someone “emerging” from the sculpture, usually accompanied by a friend photographing the event. I’ll leave figuring that one out to the Psychology students.
January 21, 2010 at 8:56 am