Merlin Name Swap - Carmarthen, Wales.
N 51° 51.364 W 004° 18.533
30U E 409858 N 5745839
Merlin row over centre name swap - Merlin the legendary wizard who helped King Arthur. Merlin the Welsh Wizard is a sculpture in the main shopping area, in the Town center of Carmarthen, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMPK6P
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/11/2015
Views: 2
'Merlin' The Welsh Wizard was sculpted by Simon Hedger and was unveiled on 10th April 2010 by the Mayor of Carmarthen.
Merlin was one of King Arthurs, Main Advisors, and a Druid, mentioned in the Mabinogian.
"The shopping centre in a town associated with Arthurian legend has won a fight to rename itself after Merlin.
Conservationists and church leaders had opposed rebranding Greyfriars in Carmarthen, named after a medieval abbey at the site, to Merlin's Walk.
They said the wizard's links with the town were only based on myth or legend." Text Source: (
visit link)
"The mystical Wizard Merlin , Magician, Alchemist, Druid. or Bard, is adorned with the symbols of nature and the Celtic religion.
From his twisted honeysuckle beard that falls from his smiling face which holds his bardic wisdom. On his left shoulder sits the dragon of natures temptation and in his hand the three sticks and a rope with thirteen knots; a druids measuring kit, in the other, a bag of healing herbs from the garden of your imagination. The feathered horn of the orax hangs on his shoulder, whilst the La Tène torc is tied to his belt.
Embroidered on his back is the story of Blodeuwedd, for in the day the eye of the owl is the open flower but at night blodeuwedd is the owl. Or tywyllwch Ir goleuni, from the darkness into the light, as meant in Welsh, to be inspired. These are the words that are carved into the trunk of Myrddin. Where the three spirals ripple from the water source, you can run your finger through the journey of life to the labyrinth." Text source: (
visit link)