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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16947
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/05/1996
Date of Amendment
30/05/1996
Name of Property
Taliesin Monument
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Trefriw
Town
Locality
Llyn Geirionydd
Easting
276419
Northing
361536
Street Side
Location
Located on a natural mount at the N end of Lake Geirionydd.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Monolithic memorial erected c.1850 by Lord Willoughby De Eresby of Gwydir Castle on the supposed site of the birthplace of the famous C6th bard Taliesin. In 1863, disillusioned with the formality of the Eisteddfod rules, the poet Gwilym Gowlyd held his first Arwest here; from then until 1927 it continued to be held annually on this site at the foot of the monument to `the chief of bards.' Following its collapse in 1976 during a storm, the pillar was re-erected in 1994.
Exterior
3-stepped square boulder plinth surmounted by a tall pillar of undressed stone, itself surmounted by a plain oak cross. Brass plaque to front with historical information inscribed bilingually.
Interior
Reason for designation
Of literary and historic interest associated with Taliesin as the focus, for over sixty years, for the Arwest of Gwilym Gowlyd.
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