A newly unveiled public sculpture which cost £40,000 has attracted criticism over the way one of the characters is depicted.

The artwork, called The Meeting Point, was installed in the Penenden Heath History Garden and shows three figures - a Royalist Cavalier, a Victorian cricketer and a female healer.

The council says the sculpture celebrates community, shared space and local heritage.

It cost about £40,000 to commission and install.

The healer figure is intended to acknowledge women who were persecuted under witchcraft laws in the 16th century and earlier this year, councillors wrote to the government asking for a general pardon for those executed.

However, the statue shows a woman wearing a pointed hat with a cat at her feet and some have raised concerns about the way the healer i

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