The bronze statue of Dr Elaine Morgan OBE was unveiled on 18 March 2022, outside Tŷ Calon Lân, Mountain Ash, the ex-mining town in the Cynon Valley where Dr Elaine Morgan lived and worked for most of her life.

The statue, sculpted by Emma Rodgers, and cast in bronze at the Castle Fine Arts Foundry in Powys, shows Elaine Morgan seated at her desk, pen in hand ‘on the crest of a wave’ of her writings and scripts, above scenes in aquatic colours incorporating groups of animals and sea life reflecting her Aquatic Ape evolutionary theory.

The inscription reads:

Elaine Morgan OBE 1920-2013

O’r Celfyddydau I’r Gwyddorau, yr Awdur o’r Cymoedd a siaradodd A’r Byd

From the Arts to Science, the Valleys Writer who spoke to the World.

RCAHMW, 2022.

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Elaine Morgan Statue, Tŷ Calon Lân, Mountain Ash