The Queen of Mercia

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The photograph on this page of The Queen of Mercia by Eirian Evans as part of the Geograph project.

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The Queen of Mercia

Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 5 Jan 2012

This sculpture sits by the side of the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn. It depicts Aethelfleda, the Mercian princess, as the prow head of a vessel. She is looking in the direction of where the fortification, which she erected at Runcorn c. 914 A.D. to defend Mercia from Vikings, would have been.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.343613
Longitude
-2.73444