Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monuments to John Williams and Ellis Owen
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
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
- 52.92617, -4.19462
- Cadw reference
- 21527
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
The two monuments stand immediately outside the W door of St Cynhaearn's church, on the right side of the path to the lychgate.
History
Both monuments were erected c1868 - 1878 to commemorate two famous local bards, Ellis Owen and John Williams (Ioan Madog), bardd godidog, who were members of the Cymdeithas Lenyddol Cefnymeysydd, a local salon set up to promote and further the study and creation of literary, musical and the poetic arts.
Exterior
Two pink granite tombstones standing side by side, that to the W comprising a cubic die set on a moulded base, with a cornice carrying a stepped cross, all enclosed in low cast iron railings with fleur terminals. The second, to the E, consists of a short column with a cavetto-sided conical apex carrying a turned vase. One inscribed to John Williams [Ioan Madog], bardd godidog, d.1878, the second to Ellis Owen of Cefn Meusydd, d.1868, both being well known literary figures in S Caernarfonshire in the 3rd quarter of the C19.
Reason for designation
Included as good C19 monuments to important local literary figures of the period.
Nearby in the register
- Carreg and Pilkington TombsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St CynhaearnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gravestone of John YstymllynReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tomb of David OwenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.