Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tan-y-Castell Monument
Dolwyddelan, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolwyddelan Castle, Dolwyddelan, Conwy, designated on 17 February 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 17 February 1997
- Locality
- Dolwyddelan Castle
- Community
- Dolwyddelan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.05329, -3.90381
- Cadw reference
- 18255
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Sited prominently on the roadside, immediately to the NE of Tan-y-Castell.
History
Late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell. The brothers, John (1796-1857), David (1805-1868), William (1801-1885) and Richard (1799-1850) were all Calvinistic Methodist ministers, the first two of great repute; John Jones is regarded as one of the most inspired and powerful preachers in the history of Welsh non-conformity. The monument is signed D. LL. J (for David Lloyd Jones).
Exterior
Columnar monument of brown specked marble, some 7m high; of three cylindrical stages on a stepped cement-rendered rubble plinth. D-shaped cast-iron railed enclosure. Two-stage marble column on a square, chamfered marble base; moulded bases and abaci to each section. The lower, broader section has a recessed inscription plaque with, in raised lettering: 'In memory of 4 eminent brothers, John, William, David, and Richard Jones: Three ministers and one elder, 1796-1885'. Panelled decoration in inlaid lighter marble. The base of the upper section has inscribed panels: 'eloquence, music, theology, poetry.' Large urn finial to top.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell.
Group value with Nos 1 and 2 Tan-y-Castell.
Nearby in the register
- Nos 1 and 2 Tan-y-CastellDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tomen y CastellMotteunder 1 mi
- Dolwyddelan CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- Castell DolwyddelanCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.