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Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen War Memorial
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 2 August 2002
- Locality
- Gwaun-cae-gurwen
- Town
- Ammanford
- Community
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79314, -3.88331
- Cadw reference
- 26820
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the N side of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen at the junction of Brynamman Road and New Road.
History
War memorial of c1922 to those of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen killed in the Great War.
Exterior
War Memorial, granite with bronze statue of infantryman on high pedestal, by W.J. Williams of Brynamman. Over life-size statue with head bowed and hands clasped over reversed rifle. Pedestal has battered sides with inscribed names both of the Great War and of the Second World War, main inscription on left side reads ' O barch ac anrhydedd i ddynion Gawauncaegurwen a'r ardal roddasant eu bywyd yn aberth dros rhyddid eu gwlad yn y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1919'. Moulded cornice, semi-circle above centre of cornice on each face. Big plinth with coved top moulding, and plain base, the whole on a bottom step of rock-faced stone and in an iron-railed enclosure made by Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss of Wolverhampton.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a prominent sculptural war-memorial.
Nearby in the register
- Front wall, railings and gates to Capel Y TabernaclReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel Y TabernaclReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone opposite Banwen PlaceTransportunder 1 mi
- Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.