Remnant of Gulliver Sculpture

The Remnant of Gulliver Sculpture consists of two surviving fragments of a once extensive concrete play sculpture known as Gulliver, or The Gentle Giant. It is located beside the Niddrie Burn on the west side of Hunter's Hall Public Park in Edinburgh.

Commissioned by the Craigmillar Festival Society in 1976 and designed by Jimmy Boyle, the sculpture was completed by 1978 in a simplified form. Originally, it was a 33-metre-long interactive play sculpture shaped like a stylised human figure lying on the ground, featuring tunnel passageways through its torso and outstretched arms and legs.

The remaining concrete fragments include a left foot with indented toes and incised toenail detailing. To the south, there is a detached rectangular box-tunnel section that was part of the figure's left leg. This tunnel section has side walls with circular openings resembling windows (one of which is damaged) and is set within a smoothly rendered concrete base. The two fragments together measure a combined length of seven metres.