Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of David Owen
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ystumllyn, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, designated on 30 March 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1999
- Locality
- Ystumllyn
- Town
- Dolbenmaen
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92596, -4.19473
- Cadw reference
- 21526
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
The tomb is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Cynhaearn, set at the W end against the SE boundary wall.
History
The present ledger stone for David Owen was paid for by subscription raised by the local poet Ellis Owen, to replace a former grave marker in the mid C19. David Owen, 1709-1739, was the son of Owen Humphries of Ynyscynhaearn and Gwen Roberts of Issalt-fawr, a farm in the Pennant valley, and composed various songs and tunes, including 'Codiad yr Ehedydd' and 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen' to which John Ceriog Hughes in c1880 added the well-known poignant words.
Exterior
Rectangular ledger stone in polished blue slate, set in a slightly raised position above the ground. It bears a circular recessed panel at the head with a carving of his harp, and an inscription noting the date 1749, with an englyn by Ellis Owen, his champion.
Reason for designation
Included as the grave stone of one of the most celebrated figures of Welsh harp music of the C18.
Nearby in the register
- Gravestone of John YstymllynReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to the Church of St CynhaearnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Carreg and Pilkington TombsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Monuments to John Williams and Ellis OwenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.