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Durham Cow Statue

Durham Cow Statue

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Durham Cow Statue

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Location: City Of Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom

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Bumble-Bee

December 3, 2022

According to legend, Durham was built on the back of this cow.
The legend of the cow, the monks and the wandering milkmaid.
(apparently monks carrying St Cuthbert’s coffin bumped into a
milkmaid who was out looking for her lost cow. Thinking she was
a sign from above, they followed her and built the Cathedral on
the ground where she led them).
But the little girl on the cow’s back doesn’t care about any of that.
She climbs the battered rope of the cow’s spine. Her hands beat
sighs from its wan bronze sides. When she can’t go any further,
she sticks her head through the cow’s horns and stares at the sky.
The cow bears it. (And her feet – when she jumps off – in the
sockets of its eyes.) And the rain and the cricket. Its features are
drawn into a mask that suggest an ancient tribe. It looks odd
sitting out here, but no odder than the bandstand

(durham.gov.uk/media/3804/i-see-public-artwork-County-Durham/pdf/ISeePublicArtworkCountyDurham.pdf?m=636735642250730000)

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Elevation 40 m

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Location: City Of Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom

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Durham Cow Statue

1. Durham Castle – The Count's House Folly loop from Elvet

2. Durham Castle – Old Durham Gardens loop from Durham

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