Newton's Apple
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Newton's Apple
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Feb 2017
Sculpture in Wyndham Park at the corner of Manthorpe Road and Belton Lane. The sculptor has used the apple to symbolise the concept of the earth's gravity by carving the continents on its surface. The sculpture was created from the stump of a horse chestnut tree, but by 2015 was showing signs of fungal attack through the remaining root structure. Following removal and further treatment it was unveiled as a free-standing sculpture in October 2016.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.918304
Longitude
-0.639552