George Heriot

In this delicate watercolor, a group stands at the center of a prehistoric stone circle. Much like Tacita Dean’s Floating Dolmen, this work also depicts a megalithic monument divorced from its original place and time. 

The stone circle known as Druid’s Temple was originally built on the Isle of Jersey off the coast of France, where it remained buried for thousands of years. When it was unearthed in 1785 during a construction project, then governor of Jersey, General Conway, paid to have the stones transported to England and reconstructed on his private estate, where they still stand today on a hill overlooking the Thames Valley. British TV personality James Corden purchased the estate in 2020, making him the current owner of this prehistoric monument. 

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