2021
ST4286 : A closer look at The Brinker, Magor Marsh
taken 5 years ago, near to Magor, Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy, Wales
A closer look at The Brinker, Magor Marsh
The 2.5m high sculpture represents Anne Williams who lived around 1700.
She was a brinker, a person who owned land on one side of a reen (drainage ditch) and was responsible for its maintenance.
The sculpture is built on a steel framework using steamed white and brown willow to provide colour and texture.
The Brinker was designed and built by Sarah Hatton and Melanie Bastier as part of the Living Levels project.
See also Link .
She was a brinker, a person who owned land on one side of a reen (drainage ditch) and was responsible for its maintenance.
The sculpture is built on a steel framework using steamed white and brown willow to provide colour and texture.
The Brinker was designed and built by Sarah Hatton and Melanie Bastier as part of the Living Levels project.
See also Link .
Magor Marsh
Magor Marsh was obtained in 1963 by the Gwent Wildlife Trust as its first reserve.
It is the last relatively natural area of fenland on the Gwent Levels.
In 2014, part of it was under the threat of compulsory purchase from the Welsh Government’s proposed M4 Relief Road development. This project was later abandoned in 2019. However there have subsequently been some suggestions from the UK government that the project should go ahead.
It is within the area of The Living Levels Landscape Partnership, a Heritage Lottery Funded Landscape Partnership scheme, which aims to reconnect people and communities to the Gwent Levels landscape and provide a sustainable future for this historic and unique area.
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- Grid Square
- ST4286, 153 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Drayton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 3 August, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 9 August, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 42776 86630
[1m precision]
WGS84: 51:34.5370N 2:49.6288W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
ST 42776 86625
- View Direction
- North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
