20337

 

II  

Designated  

21/08/1998  

21/08/1998  

Group of two table tombs in the churchyard to S of church of St Michael and All Angels  

 

Powys  

Llangors  

 

Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn  

311425  

228395  

 

Near the S wall of the church.  

Commemorative  

 

Watkins tomb near S wall of nave commemorates Elizabeth Watkins, wife of William Watkins of Brecon d 1811, also her sister d 1813, her three sons who died in infancy in 1807,1809 and 1811, and William Watkins d ?1819. Monument by Phillips of Talgarth. Adjacent to S the smaller Williams tomb commemorates Mary daughter of William Williams gent d 1782, Margaret wife of William d ? and Margaret daughter of William d 1806.  

Watkins tomb near S wall of nave is a plain stone table tomb with a moulded and incised slab on top, main inscription on S panel, secondary inscription on N, standing on a plain stone plinth. The smaller Williams tomb to S set directly into the soil has main inscription in large lettering under a garland on the slab; second inscription on S panel in two parts; the ends are unusually decoratively carved in shallow relief - to E flowers in an urn and to W an inscribed circle, degraded.  

 

Included for group value with the church of St Michael and All Angels and other churchyard monuments as interesting examples of late C18 and early C19 tombstones.