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Reference Number
21526
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1999
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Tomb of David Owen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Ystumllyn
Easting
252562
Northing
338761
Street Side
Location
The tomb is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Cynhaearn, set at the W end against the SE boundary wall.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The present ledger stone for David Owen was paid for by subscription raised by the local poet Ellis Owen, to replace a former grave marker in the mid C19. David Owen, 1709-1739, was the son of Owen Humphries of Ynyscynhaearn and Gwen Roberts of Issalt-fawr, a farm in the Pennant valley, and composed various songs and tunes, including 'Codiad yr Ehedydd' and 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen' to which John Ceriog Hughes in c1880 added the well-known poignant words.
Exterior
Rectangular ledger stone in polished blue slate, set in a slightly raised position above the ground. It bears a circular recessed panel at the head with a carving of his harp, and an inscription noting the date 1749, with an englyn by Ellis Owen, his champion.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as the grave stone of one of the most celebrated figures of Welsh harp music of the C18.
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