Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial, steps and walls
Manordeilo and Salem, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Taliaris, Manordeilo and Salem, Carmarthenshire, designated on 13 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1995
- Locality
- Taliaris
- Community
- Manordeilo and Salem
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.93517, -3.96014
- Cadw reference
- 15190
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of B 4302 some 100m S of Taliaris church.
History
1923 war memorial of unusual type and scale, commissioned by the Peel family of Taliaris, partly in commemoration of Capt A. Peel, killed 1914, and Lt R. Peel, killed 1917.
Exterior
Large tapering rubble stone cairn, square in plan, raised above roadside on embanked platform reached by two narrow curving flights of rough steps from entry recessed between two rubble stone terrace walls. Cairn has base step with 1939-45 names on red granite plaque, and plinth with affixed ashlar plaque with laurel wreath and crossed swords. On main face is affixed red granite plain cross inscribed "The Great War 1914-18" across, "In memory of the fallen heroes of Taliaris parish" on base and seven names on panel below.
Reason for designation
Included as war memorial of unusual type with landscape value in views from across the valley.
Nearby in the register
- Church of the Holy TrinityReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Maerdy FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- GarlandsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.