The Unknown - Sculptue - NC500 - Borgie Forest

Deep in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland, somewhat off the beaten track - with its location signalled only by a small sign beneath the Forestry Sign on the main road - lies an enigma...

After turning off the paved road and taking the forest track - an interesting off-road drive - to be followed by a walk up the low hill to an open heather-clad plateau, we find 'the Unknown'...

The 9' tall cast iron skeleton is a public sculpture standing tall in this ancient landscape of Iron Age villages, forests, flow country, and folklore - of giants hurling rocks, of chieftains and unknown warriors, and of a lone burial, marked now by the placing of the Kenny Hunter cast-iron enigmatic sculpture - ever gazing poignantly over the landscape, head turned to look at the distant peak of Ben Loyal...

Perhaps some will see the skeletal figure and take it at face value. Still, for me, it invited deeper thought and pondering, of the fleeting few moments that we have in our all too brief existence, of our place in the landscape and the world at large, and how - really - our impact is all so insignificant when measured against the longevity of the wilderness and the mountains...

A truly remarkable Memento Mori in a place of stunning beauty...

Drones - 'Monster Midge' - DJI AIR3 + 'Demon Midge' - DJI AVATA Edited using - DaVinci Resolve 18

Music - Albion Drones - Mystic Castles - https://suno.com/song/0eaf9b58-c22f-4...