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    Jurassic Stones

    Dozens of works of art have been commissioned over the past four years for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, including 26 pieces in the Olympic Park itself. Jurassic Stones (pictured) is made of 16 boulders elevated on steel plinths in a pond, and is located on a roundabout in Weymouth, Dorset on the way to the Olympic sailing venues. Formed around 160 million years ago in what was then a tropical lagoon, each stone weighs between two and nine tons. The boulders were uncovered when a nearby road was being built in 2009, and British artist Richard Harris created the £335,000 sculpture in 2012 to celebrate the area’s prehistoric past. (Jim Wileman)

Jurassic Stones

Dozens of works of art have been commissioned over the past four years for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, including 26 pieces in the Olympic Park itself. Jurassic Stones (pictured) is made of 16 boulders elevated on steel plinths in a pond, and is located on a roundabout in Weymouth, Dorset on the way to the Olympic sailing venues. Formed around 160 million years ago in what was then a tropical lagoon, each stone weighs between two and nine tons. The boulders were uncovered when a nearby road was being built in 2009, and British artist Richard Harris created the £335,000 sculpture in 2012 to celebrate the area’s prehistoric past. (Jim Wileman)

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