Project: Moon Gate - Broughton Hall Estate

- Sculputural & Spiritual

Inspired as a blend between the traditional dry-stone-walling of Yorkshire and a Chinese circular archway, we were commisioned to build this ‘Moon-Gate’ by the Broughton Hall Estate. As part of a retreat held there, it was intended to be used as part of a ritual procession to the ‘Fire Temple’.

The supporting wall was intentionally made resembling a state of disrepair to make the age of the structure ambiguous and lend it an ancient romance. The structure itself was meticulously planned and pinned together with a supporting buttress hidden adjacent to it.

Gate of Transformation

  • The internal opening of the structure stands at 2 metres.

  • A wooden ‘former’ was used as a support until the keystone was hammered home, locking the structure together.

  • Hidden metal pins and resin help to secure the structure.

  • Engraver, Gary Breeze carved Alpha & Omega symbols into stones that were inset into the pathway.

Woodland Path, Boulders, Moon Gate, Drystone Wall,
Woodland Path, Drystone Arch,
Rural Landscape, Path Through Drystone Arch
Wooden Former, Frame, Drystone Arch
Construction, Drystone, Waller
Pennine Walling Hammers, Line and Pins
Drystone walls, Drystone Archway, Moon Gate
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