David Harding slabs located in Glenrothes

Fife Council have confirmed that the David Harding poetry slabs missing from the site of the Glenwood Centre in Glenrothes have been located.

Norman Laird, community manager for the Glenrothes area said: “I’m really pleased that the slabs have been found.  They’d been spotted and moved from the site by  someone from another council team not involved in the project, who took them to a council facility for safe keeping.

“As soon as we were made aware of their location, we arranged for the slabs to be moved to the council’s archive centre where they’ll be kept until we’re ready to relay them as part of the new development.

“We know the affection and pride that Glenrothes has for the town’s public art and people were rightly concerned when the slabs couldn’t be found.  Whilst I’m pleased that there’s been a positive outcome, I’m sorry that we couldn’t confirm that they were in safe hands any sooner.

“We’ll review the process for the logging, maintaining and relocating  public art in Glenrothes to avoid this happening again.”