THIS STONE IS SITUATED HERE AT BATTERY POINT, THE CLOSEST PLACE
ON THE COAST ON THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH LARGE SHIPS PASS,
IT IS DEDICATED TO SEAFARERS OF THE WEST COUNTRY WHO, SINCE
THE MIDDLE AGES, ON VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND IN TIMES OF
PEACE AND WAR, HAVE PASSED THIS POINT, SOME NEVER TO RETURN.
"Oh hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea,
ERECTED BY THE MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION NORTH SOMERSET BRANCH 2005
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