A PROMINENT Aberystwyth seafront shelter has been extensively daubed with “obscene” graffiti, including swear words, at the height of the summer holiday tourist season.

During the season that the town welcomes thousands of tourists and day-trippers, inartistic graffiti featuring multiple swear words, comments on legalising drugs, conspiracy theories and drawings of genitalia appeared on the white-washed walls at the back of the shelter at the castle.

Endaf Edwards, town and county councillor for Rheidol ward, in which the shelter stands, said the council “needs to take action” to stop the regular problems at the site.

“Unfortunately, Côr y Castell is a regular target for graffiti and I am well aware of this problem,” he told the Cambrian News.

“The latest graffiti is particularly unsightly and obscene, especially at the height of the summer holidays.

“The fact that it is such a regular target suggests that Ceredigion council needs to look at ways to prevent it, such as using anti-graffiti paint and simply keeping the area clean and tidy.

“If a property is not well kept this tells vandals that the council does not care about its property.

“Vandals are more likely to put graffiti there because they think that they can get away with it. The council needs to take action to make them think otherwise.”

The county council cleared up the graffiti first thing on Friday morning after being told about it by Cllr Ceredig Davies.

There is now also graffiti in the public shelter below the one cleaned up.

Someone has daubed a picture of a dragon mouthing the opening words to the Welsh national anthem.

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