The new sculpture has been proposed for a site near the mermaid artwork in the village of Balintore.
A sculpture of a merman, a mythical part-man, part-fish creature, has been proposed for the Easter Ross coast.
Seaboard Memorial Hall Ltd has sought planning permission from Highland Council for the artwork at Balintore. The small village is already home to the Mermaid of the North, a sculpture made by artist Steve Hayward in 2007. The new art has been proposed as a celebration of the maritime history of the Seaboard area, which includes Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick.If approved, it would form part of the existing Seaboard Sculpture Trail.Highland Council's North Planning applications committee will be asked to grant planning permission at a meeting next week.In 2014 it was replaced with a bronze-cast sculpture of the same design.
After having children, the mermaid found her tail and fled to the sea, but she would constantly return to shore with fish to feed her family.