Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Nelson's Statue
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Meirion
N 53° 13.000 W 004° 11.821
30U E 420071 N 5897042
A statue of Lord Horatio Nelson on the shoreline of the Menai Strait, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Ynys Môn, Wales.
Waymark Code: WM1J8Q
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/17/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jcbrad
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This stone statue was erected by Lord Clarence Paget the son of the Marquess of Anglesey erected this monument in 1873. The momument is a memorial to Lord Horatio Nelson who died at Trafalgar in 1805. The statue is mounted on a octagonal plinth.

There are three slate plaques on the plinth, which have the following inscriptions:

ENGLAND
EXPECTS THAT
EVERY MAN
WILL DO HIS
DUTY

and..

FELL
AT
TRAFALGAR
1805

and..

A
LADDWYD
YN
TRAFALGAR
1805

The sculptor was Clarence Paget.
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