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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Lorraine King

Council spends £6,000 on pebble structure but people think it looks like a baked potato

A council has commissioned a commemorative structure costing £6,000 - but many passersby have said it looks like a baked potato.

Monmouthshire County Council installed the artwork to mark the beginning of Wales’ coastal path which is supposed to resemble a pebble but not everyone agrees.

The gleaming pebble, created by artist Michael Johnson and which reads “croeso”, was officially unveiled last month by television presenter Iolo Williams and former National Poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn to mark the tenth anniversary of the path.

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