Kazie the Gorilla, Betws-y-coed
Date
16 September 2018
Location
Alpine Coffee Shop, Betws-y-coed
SH 79515 56573; 53.09271°N, 3.80066°W
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Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle
Date
4 August 2018
Location
Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Bangor
SH 60219 71962; 53.22624°N, 4.09534°W
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Harrison’s Garden – Penrhyn Castle
Harrison’s Garden, Penrhyn Castle
Date
4 August 2018
Location
Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Bangor
SH 60219 71962; 53.22624°N, 4.09534°W
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Harrison’s Garden by Bristol-based installation artist Luke Jerram (b 1974) is an “imagined landscape and garden of clocks”. The ensemble of over 2,000 clocks, many of which were donated by the public, is currently (16 June – 4 November 2018) on display on the derelict third floor of Penrhyn Castle‘s keep as part of its tour of National Trust properties.
The inspiration for the installation was the clockmaker John Harrison (1693 – 1776) who spent much of his life developing a series of marine chronometers in the pursuit of the Longitude Prize. Although the prize was ultimately never awarded, Harrison’s contributions led to major improvements in safety at sea. His timepieces provided a reliable means of keeping a reference time to which the local time, as determined by astronomical observations, could be compared in order to establish a vessel’s position east or west of the Greenwich meridian.
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Malltraeth Bay
Traeth Penrhos, Malltraeth Bay
Date
29 June 2018
Location
Traeth Penrhos, Malltraeth Bay, Anglesey
SH 38666 64489; 53.15301°N, 4.41413°W
Deganwy from Conwy
Deganwy and the Conwy estuary
Date
8 July 2018
Location
A547 road bridge, Conwy
SH 78539 77553; 53.28098°N, 3.82322°W
Athena
Wreck of Athena, Malltraeth Bay
Date
29 June 2018
Location
Traeth Penrhos, Malltraeth Bay, Anglesey
SH 38666 64489; 53.15301°N, 4.41413°W
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Ynys Llanddwyn
Ynys Llanddwyn
Date
29 June 2018
Location
Ynys Llanddwyn, Newborough, Anglesey
SH 38502 62513; 53.13522°N, 4.41559°W
