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Title
Portrait Bench
Date
2019
Medium
weathering steel
Measurements
H 140 x W 250 x D 80 cm (E)
Accession number
NP25_GE_S003
Acquisition method
sustrans funded by the Big Lottery Fund
Work type
Sign or marker
Owner
Monmouth Town Council
Custodian
Monmouth Town Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque one: WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP / WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP ARE SMALL HARDY SHEEP/ FROM HIGHER PARTS OF THE WELSH MOUNTAINS / JIM SHANKLAND - AUCTIONEERS ASSISTANT / RINGING THE BELL TO CALL FARMERS FORWARD / TO BID FOR THE LIVESTOCK ON SALE. / HEREFORD CATTLE / ONE OF THE UK'S OLDEST / NATIVE BEEF BREEDS, ORIGINATING / IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE / IN THE MID 1700s. / WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK/PORTRAITBENCH; plaque two: THE CHARACTERS FOR THIS PORTRAIT BENCH WERE CHOSEN BY YOUR COMMUNITY / CELEBRATE SUSTRANS WINNING A NATIONWIDE VOTE IN 2007 / TO CREATE NEW WALKING AND CYCLING ROUTES / ACROSS THE UK FUNDED BY / THE BIG LOTTERY FUND
