Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boer War Memorial
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 3 May 2002
- Locality
- Twthill
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14287, -4.27067
- Cadw reference
- 26625
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited on Twthill, overlooking the town.
History
Erected in the early C20 by Hugh Jones, mason of Caernarfon (inscribed on base), and first shown on the 1918 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A memorial in the style of a Celtic cross. It has a stepped granite base, the lower part of rock-faced stone, while the upper part tapers and has polished inscription panels. A tall tapering cross shaft has a wheel-headed cross decorated with interlace ornament in relief.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a simple Celtic revival design in a prominent position.
Nearby in the register
- MarbrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- FrondegDomesticunder 1 mi
- Celtic Royal HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Ael y BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.