Mermaids - Mumbles, Swansea, Wales.
N 51° 34.323 W 003° 59.421
30U E 431366 N 5713906
These Two lifesize cast bronze Mermaids by Sculpture Andrew Rowe, sit high on the front wall of the former Mermaid Hotel, located on the Mumbles Sea front, overlooking Swansea Bay.
Waymark Code: WMEB59
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/30/2012
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What a fantastic pair, these two Mermaids, are located on a building where the Mermaid Hotel once stood. Famous poet Dylan Thomas was said to have enjoyed many hours drinking at The Mermaid Hotel.
A block of flats called 'Mermaids Retreat' belong to a housing association, now stand on the spot where the hotel stood.
The Mermaids blend into the background of the building & not easy to spot even when walking.
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"Mumbles or The Mumbles (Welsh: Y Mwmbwls) is an area and community in Swansea, Wales which takes its name from the adjacent headland stretching into Swansea Bay. The headland is thought by some to have been named by french sailors, after the shape of the two anthropomorphic islands which comprise the headland. See numerous other similar anthropomorphic geographic features worldwide. Another possible source of the name is from the word Mamucium which is thought to derive from the Celtic language meaning breast-shaped hill"
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