Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llanrhyddlad war memorial
Cylch-y-Garn, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 25 July 2017
- Welsh name
- Cofeb ryfel Llanrhyddlad
- Locality
- Llanrhyddlad
- Community
- Cylch-y-Garn
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.36971, -4.51336
- Cadw reference
- 87745
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
On west side of main street through the village of Llanrhyddlad at the entrance to Ysgol Gynradd Llanrhyddlad.
History
War memorial erected c1920 to commemorate those men of Llanrhyddlad who lost their lives in the first world war. The memorial replaced a central gate-pier dividing two footgates for the school. The memorial pedestal was originally surmounted by ball finial on a shaped base, but after the second world war, it was altered by the insertion of a new plaque, and the addition of the carved figure of a solder wearing a beret, his hands resting on a Lee Enfield rifle.
Exterior
Sandstone ashlar pedestal with tooled margins, polished granite plaque and white marble sculpted figure. The pedestal has a stepped moulded plinth, tooled margins, and stepped projecting cornice. The shaped plaque is of black polished granite with white lettered inscription, recording the names of the dead of both world wars, with the names of their homes, and the place and date of their deaths.
Reason for designation
Listed for special historic interest as a memorial commemorating the dead in both world wars, and as a good example of memorial sculpture, particularly for the incorporation of a World War II figure.
Nearby in the register
- Tyddyn WaenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural range at Tyddyn WaenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bethel Hen Methodist Chapel, chapel house and schoolroomReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cae HenDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.