ROMAN: Work is underway on the steel sculpture The Centurion, which is to be installed at the end of Hadrian's Wall
A STEEL centurion which will mark the end of Hadrian’s Wall is taking shape.
Work has begun on an eight-and-a-half feet tall sculpture of a Roman soldier which will stand at Segedunum in Wallsend.
The Centurion was designed by artist John O’Rourke and is being built by North Tyneside engineering firm WD Close, using more than three tonnes of Corten steel. the same material used to construct the Angel of the North.
Norma Redfearn, mayor of North Tyneside, said: “With the global importance of this World Heritage Site, we thought it would be brilliant to mark the end of Hadrian’s Wall with a very striking piece of art.”
The Centurion is expected to be unveiled early in 2017.
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