Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24484
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/12/2000
Date of Amendment
21/12/2000
Name of Property
Memorial to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Cilmery
Town
Locality
Cilmery
Easting
300091
Northing
251407
Street Side
S
Location
Set back from the road approximately 300m W of the centre of Cilmery.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected in 1956 to mark the place where Llywelyn II, the last native prince of Wales, was killed in a skirmish with English soldiers in December 1282.
Exterior
A tall prehistoric-style menhir on a stepped concrete base, set on a grassy mound. The monument stands within a railed enclosure, with stone steps to the entrance, flanking which are engraved polished stones with English and Welsh engravings: 'Near this spot was killed our Prince Llywelyn'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its national historic interest as the memorial to one of the greatest of medieval Welsh Princes.
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