The Hundred Year Stone: A Lake District Landmark Turned Into Silver
On the shore of Derwentwater, just a short walk from Keswick, sits a quiet but remarkable piece of public art. Its artist is the acclaimed sculptor Peter Randall-Page.
The Hundred Year Stone is a large, glacial boulder that was placed on the lakeshore, between Calf Close Bay and Broomhill Point, in 1995. The stone (also known as the Centenary Stone) was commissioned by the National Trust to celebrate its 100th anniversary (centenary). It stands as a permanent reminder of a century of conservation — of fells kept wild, of footpaths kept open, of landscapes kept for everyone.
It's the kind of landmark that walkers pass on their way to bigger things — Catbells rising steeply to the west, the Borrowdale valley stretching south — and yet it has a quiet gravity of its own. It asks you to stop. To look out across the water. To think about what it means to protect a place for a hundred years, and what it might mean to protect it for a hundred more.
From Lakeshore to Workshop
When I first came across the Hundred Year Stone on a winter walk, the light was low and the lake was perfectly still. The stone seemed to belong there completely — as if it had always been part of the shoreline. I knew immediately that I wanted to make something that captured that feeling.
My Silver Hundred Year Stone Necklace has been handcrafted using Art Silver Clay — a material that lets me work with the texture and form of the stone itself, pressing and shaping the clay to echo the natural surface of the original. The result is a piece of jewellery that feels genuinely connected to the landscape it comes from.
Each piece is made by hand in my Lake District workshop, finished in sterling silver, and carries something of that wild, open landscape with it wherever it goes.
A Gift for Lake District Lovers
Whether you're a regular visitor to Derwentwater, a National Trust member, or simply someone who loves the fells, the Hundred Year Stone Necklace makes a meaningful keepsake — or a gift for someone who holds the Lakes close to their heart.
They sit beautifully alongside my other fell-inspired designs, including the Catbells Silhouette Necklace and the Helvellyn Silhouette Necklace — each one rooted in a specific place, a specific walk, a specific moment in the landscape.
If you'd like to explore the full collection of Lake District jewellery, you'll find pieces inspired by fells, footpaths, and the quiet corners of Lakeland that stay with you long after you've come home.