Tidemark Seatwall

Hebrew inscription

3.15 Miles

LOCATION: Waterfront Park, Cardiff Bay

Tidemark Seatwall

This seatwall is not a part of the Jewish history of Cardiff, but has been included because it is one of the few public examples of written Hebrew.

1992  

The seatwall stretches alongside the Cardiff Bay Trail from the World Harmony Peace Statue of Sri Chinmoy, down to the Norwegian Church.

 
Modern photo of Tidemark Seatwall 2020

Tidemark Seatwall, 2020.

Images credits JHASW.

Commissioned by the Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, it was sculpted by Meic Watts in 1992.  Fossil-like marks, in sandstone dock coping stones, reflect the passage of time. These marks are now wearing away. By the Norwegian Church there is a verse written in seventeen different languages, including Hebrew, that were spoken in the area:
 
Modern photo of inscription on Tidemark seatwall 2020

Tidemark Seatwall, 2020.

Images credits JHASW.

"Sing with me on the quayside, sing by the light of the moon. Dance through a carpet of coal dust, torn from mother earth's womb."
 
 
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