Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boer War Memorial in Gardens at the Hall
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68145, -4.16430
- Cadw reference
- 11965
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in Town Hall Gardens, S of Town Hall
Exterior
1905 bronze statue of a rifleman, bareheaded with pith helmet at his feet.
F Doyle Jones of Newcastle, sculptor. Tall grey granite tapering pedestal, rough faced on 3 sides, polished to front with inscription to the men of Llanelly who died in the South African War. Pedestal stands on further grey granite block with inscription recording the unveiling by Field Marshal Earl Roberts, 26 August 1905, and this in turn stands on a rock-faced Pennant stone block raised on two steps.
Reason for designation
Statue is a replica of marble original in West Hartlepool.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Gates & Railings to Gardens at the Town HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Moriah Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.