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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5034
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Obelisk to Dafydd Ionawr in Old Cemetery
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272672
Northing
317909
Street Side
Location
Prominent at the NE corner of the cemetery.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Monument of l827 over the grave of Dafydd Ionawr, local poet and governor of Bodlondeb Gaol. Tall ashlar pyramid on string course with ashlar pedestal and plinth. Inscribed: BEDD. DAFYDD IONAWR on band with letters MS, to E. Pedestal inscribed: BU FARW MAI XII MDCCCXXVII EI OEDRAN LXXVII, to S; BARDI CHRISTIANI MERVINIENSIS OB AD MDCCCXXVII ACTAT SUAE LXXFII, to E; Rev J Jones AM DE YNYSFAIG POSUIT, to N.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
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