Latitude: 51.7478 / 51°44'52"N
Longitude: -3.3738 / 3°22'25"W
OS Eastings: 305251
OS Northings: 206352
OS Grid: SO052063
Mapcode National: GBR HP.102N
Mapcode Global: VH6CY.GBRG
Plus Code: 9C3RPJXG+4F
Entry Name: Boer War Memorial & Railings
Listing Date: 13 January 1988
Last Amended: 13 January 1988
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11469
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300011469
Location: Set away from road on a modelled, grassy hillside overlooking the town centre; recreation ground to N.
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Community: Town (Y Dref)
Community: Town
Built-Up Area: Merthyr Tydfil
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Obelisk War memorial
Unveiled Sept 1904 by Lord Windor. "A Tribute to the memory of Merthyr Men who died in the South African War 1899-1902". Prepared in Aberdeen from designs by Washington Morgan sculptor (inscription on plinth).
Tall, granite obelisk with inscribed polished granite inscriptions on tapered sides. Carved wreath to W face, moulded cornice and plinth to pedestal, stepped base.
Square, railed enclosure with spears to sinuous wrought-iron Art Nouveau panels; dwarf stonework walls.
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