Touchstone is a large concrete sculpture by Graham Johnson at the end of the Coast Road in Redcar.
The text about Redcar on the metal areas is by Bob Beagrie
Touchstone Sculpture, Redcar
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Show on map CANTAT-3 and Pangea North Landing Point
Show on map Two large telecommunications cables land on the Stray between Redcar and Marske.
CANTAT-3 links to Canada, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denark and Germany.
Pangea North links to Fanø in Denmark
On Google Earth they can be clearly seen to line up with two rows of large posts either side of the car park, which must have been placed to alert any rogue JCBs to their position.
Redcar Regent Wartime Graffiti for Atonement
Show on map No idea if the French chalk graffiti underneath the Regent was done officially by the film crew or just spontaneous by the extras, its long since disappeared and been replaced by the modern variant.
Redcar Gas Lamp (or is it?)
Show on map One of a number of iron gas lamps that can still be spotted around town, I imagine they will all still be around long after the present round of new street lights are gone too.
UPDATE : In light of this posting I now think its actually a stench pipe from the old drains.
Site of the bombed Zetland Club, Redcar
Show on map The Zetland Club was hit by a bomb on 21st October 1941. Amongst the 15 killed were the mayor, councillors and a doctor. 
Alderman Charles Harris J.P.
Frank Bainbridge. (Builder)
John C.D. Barnett. (School Master)
William Crozier. (Bank Manager)
Mabel Fletcher. (Club Stewardess)
Charles H. Goodwin. (Optician)
Arthur Pickering J.P. (Chairman of the local magistrates)
Matthew Ranson (Retired School Master)
Doris R. Rigby. (Club Maid)
Dr. Alfred S. Robinson.
Joseph Roebuck. (Councillor)
William J. Smallwood. (Company Commercial Manger)
Doris Walton.
Harold Watson.
Marion Watson.
The garden of rememberance also has plaques for those lost at sea and Dunkirk.
Redcar Rocks
Show on map I’ve had this scrap of paper that I bought from the lifeboat shop for at least 20 years, I’ve rewritten the legend but the rest is straight from the original.
Redcar Sound Mirror
Show on map Built around 1916 to detect approaching Zeppelins, now sits surrounded by houses but safe due to being a scheduled ancient monument.
The base of the column where the listening trumpet was mounted is a few feet in front of the mirror.
Information on other Sound Mirrors in the UK can be found here
Petrified Forest, Redcar
Show on map Visible on occasion on the beach behind Leos (or this Vertical Pier more recently), although extremely dependant on the amount of sand on the beach and the tides. I spotted these tree trunks in January although I know theres a lot more under there if conditions are right.
