Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glamorgan Yeomanry War Memorial
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 16 September 1999
- Locality
- St Hilary Down
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.45613, -3.41740
- Cadw reference
- 22302
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On slopes of St Hilary Down, to S of A48.
History
Circa 1920.
Exterior
War memorial in form of obelisk with inscription "To the immortal memory of those officers, NCOs, and men of the Glamorgan Yeomanry who fell in the Great War".
Reason for designation
Prominently sited memorial to fallen of Great War. Historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- Llanquian CastleMotteunder 1 mi
- The Bush Inn PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pigsty at Church CottageAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St HilaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.