YNYS BRAWD & THE EASTER ISLAND CARVING
At the southern end of the main beach at Barmouth lies Ynys y Brawd The translation means Brother's Island a reference to the monks who operated the first regular ferry across the Afon (River) Mawddach.
- More recently (late 1960's early 1970's) the concrete barrage built as part of the coastal defences now acts as a permanent causeway, so that it no longer appears as a true island.
- This summer has seen the appearance of a new encumbent on the island, a wooden carving very much in the vein of an Easter Island figurehead.
- The statue is fixed with its gaze out over the Irish Sea.
- It was originally carved at Powys Castle, from where it was purchased by a Midlands couple who have now donated it to Barmouth.
- More information about the Easter Island figurehead
- See the effect of the winter snows on the figurehead during Christmas 2010 in our gallery of
Barmouth Beaches in the snow
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