Stone Boat Flag Pole - Portmeirion - Wales
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dtrebilc
N 52° 54.800 W 004° 05.580
30U E 426502 N 5863188
This mast looks like it is on a real boat, but it is in fact a landlocked stone boat. It is on the quayside outside the main hotel.
Waymark Code: WMA3V6
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/12/2010
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There was originally a real boat at this site called the Arnis Reunis, but it was wrecked in a storm. A stone boat was built to replace the original, using rescued parts where possible.
This website gives details of the boat, and Portmeirion itself.
Portmeirion was built to show how you could develop a naturally beautiful setting without spoiling it and that with sufficient skill and care architectural good manners can actually enhance the natural environment.
Portmeirion is a hotel resort and a popular visitor attraction located on the coast of Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, North Wales.
You normally have to pay to visit the village, but if you visit the website you can download a voucher for free entry between November and the end of March. The website address is (
visit link)
It is also possible to stay in the hotel in the photograph, or various rooms in the village buildings.
The combined clock and bell tower visible in the distance are recorded as waymarks WMA3HI and WMA38C. Portmeirion itself is recorded as waymark WMA3A2.
The physical address is
Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth
Gwynedd
LL48 6ER
Wales.
Portmeirion is owned by a registered Charity called the Second Portmeirion Foundation.