Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard
Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 30 January 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 30 January 2003
- Locality
- Llangathen
- Community
- Llangathen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87970, -4.05794
- Cadw reference
- 80856
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the SW side of the church.
History
Probably erected in the 1920s.
Exterior
A Celtic cross style freestone memorial on a stepped plinth. The upper step of the plinth has ''''''''gwell angau na chywilydd'''''''' in raised letters. The square base has a roll call of the dead from the 1914-18 war in raised black letters to the E and N sides, and added similar roll call to the 1939-45 war on the W side. The cross has ropework edge moulding, a wreath and sword below interlace panels, all in shallow relief, to the E face of the shaft, and a wheel-headed cross.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed war memorial and for group value with the parish church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CathenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Neuadd LlangathenRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Aviaries at AberglasneyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- AberglasneyDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.