Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Makeig memorial
Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandygwydd, Beulah, Ceredigion, designated on 15 March 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 15 March 1996
- Date of amendment
- 18 November 2020
- Welsh name
- Cofeb Makeig
- Locality
- Llandygwydd
- Community
- Beulah
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.06440, -4.56541
- Cadw reference
- 17956
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in the grounds of St Tygwydd’s Church near former site of the old church (demolished in 1999), by path.
History
Later C18 memorial to Thomas Makeig (d 1766), the big arched stone frame very much a local tradition, compare the 6 at Penbryn, Cardiganshire and 1 at Manordeifi, Pembrokeshire.
Exterior
Rubble stone large arched memorial, some 2m high, 1.5m broad and 1m deep, the arch, of voussoirs with keystone, rising from a slate impost band. The E front is recessed up into arch, with C20 render around eroding but finely lettered plaque.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a local memorial type.
Nearby in the register
- Church CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coach-House and Stable to W of Llandygwydd ChurchDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Oakhill, PenylanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.