Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Obelisk to Dafydd Ionawr in Old Cemetery
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, designated on 19 June 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74376, -3.88762
- Cadw reference
- 5034
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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominent at the NE corner of the cemetery.
History
Monument of l827 over the grave of Dafydd Ionawr, local poet and governor of Bodlondeb Gaol. Tall ashlar pyramid on string course with ashlar pedestal and plinth. Inscribed: BEDD. DAFYDD IONAWR on band with letters MS, to E. Pedestal inscribed: BU FARW MAI XII MDCCCXXVII EI OEDRAN LXXVII, to S; BARDI CHRISTIANI MERVINIENSIS OB AD MDCCCXXVII ACTAT SUAE LXXFII, to E; Rev J Jones AM DE YNYSFAIG POSUIT, to N.
Nearby in the register
- Golden Lion Royal HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- 2 Lion YardDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Lion YardDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sundial in St Marys ChurchyardGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.