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Lychgate at St Cledwyn's Church

Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Llanglydwen, Whitland, Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 March 1999.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Lychgate at St Cledwyn's Church, Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Date of designation
12 March 1999
Locality
Llanglydwen
Town
Whitland
Community
Cilymaenllwyd
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.90804, -4.65515
Cadw reference
21454

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

At the NW entrance to St Cledwyn's churchyard.

Dated 1901 by a memorial tablet.

Lych gate of rock-faced stone walls to a timber-framed slate roof, with cambered and castellated tie beams to the outer faces, and wooden gates. On the R side of the entrance is a polished granite panel with the inscription: 'Erected Anno Domini 1901 by numerous friends in this and adjoining counties in memory of Frank F L S Protheroe who after 14 months arduous service as a volunteer in the Pembrokeshire Imperial Yeomanry died at Springfontein May 26 1901[.] Mentioned in despatches by Karl Roberts'.

Listed for group value with St Cledwyn's Church and the archway to Dolwilym.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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