Fossil Shell - Cardiff Bay - Wales.
N 51° 27.747 W 003° 09.657
30U E 488818 N 5701265
A carved brick seat, called 'fossil Shell' inspired by the mythical creatures described in the Dylan Thomas poem ‘Ballad of the long legged bait’ This shell shaped single seat by Gwen Heeney was placed in 1994 at Britannia Quay, Cardiff Bay, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMEQAD
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/26/2012
Views: 3
There are a series of these seats and benches in the Cardiff Bay area, at Britannia Quay also the Waterfront park, they have come to known as Beastie Benches, and a memorial to Dylan Thomas. They all carry an inscription from one of Dylans poems. Inscribed on the rear of this seat are the words "In the continent of a fossil"
This is a single seat, with a back rest, that looks like a shell, the seat is near the corner of the Roath dock, has a great view of the the lightship 'Helwick' perhaps a great place to sit and read Dylan Thomas's poem ‘Ballad of the long legged bait’
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