Wednesday 17 October 2018

Launch Event for the New Lithophone at Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station

Launch Event for the New Lithophone at Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station

Wednesday 17 October - Drop in any time between 10:30 and 16:30. There will be a brief formal ceremony at 14:00.

The Lithophone was made out of Horton Limestone for Horton-in-Ribblesdale station waiting room. It will be placed with some explanatory panels in the downside waiting room belonging to Northern Rail.
Then the Lithophone will be permanently available for passengers using the far side platform courtesy of Northern Rail and Friends of the Settle – Carlisle Line (FOSCL).

This Limestone Lithophone was made by Quarry Arts for the Musical Rocks project which is part of Stories in Stone, a programme of conservation and community projects developed by the Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership, led by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Ingleborough Dales sounds