Remnant of Gulliver Sculpture

Two surviving fragments of a once extensive concrete play sculpture known as Gulliver (or The Gentle Giant) located beside the Niddrie Burn on the west side of Hunter's Hall Public Park, Edinburgh.

The sculpture was commissioned by the Craigmillar Festival Society in 1976, based on a design by Jimmy Boyle. Completed by 1978 in a simplified form, it was a 33-metre-long interactive play sculpture in the shape of a stylised human figure lying on the ground, with tunnel passageways through its torso and its outstretched arms and legs.

The surviving concrete fragments consist of a left foot with indented toes and incised toenail detailing. To the south is a detached rectangular box-tunnel section that formed part of the figure's left leg. The side walls of the tunnel section each have window-like circular opening (one damaged) and are secured within a smoothly rendered concrete base. The two fragments have a combined length of seven metres.