A PRIMARY school in the Upper Eden Valley is the latest site for a new stone sculpture.

Renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy said that he was "taking inspiration from the educational environment" when he started his sculpture at Brough Primary School, Church Brough, near Kirkby Stephen.

The Cone design, inspired by the Nine Standard cairns on nearby Hartley Fell, is contained within a new pinfold (old name for a sheepfold), and the stone for the project has been donated by two local farming families.

The original pinfold in Church Brough was knocked down and the land built upon several years ago, but as the school was so near it was felt appropriate to site the new pinfold and sculpture in the school grounds.

Pupils and teachers from Brough Primary School will be using the cone shape in a number of areas including art, design and maths while the sculpture is being built.

Art coordinator Lynne Wade told the Gazette: "The whole school has studied Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures and designed some of their own work using the same natural materials."

The cone sculpture at Brough school is the third cone planned for pinfolds in nine villages around the Kirkby Stephen area.