Monuments to John Williams and Ellis Owen, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9262 / 52°55'34"N

Longitude: -4.1946 / 4°11'40"W

OS Eastings: 252570

OS Northings: 338784

OS Grid: SH525387

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.MMK2

Mapcode Global: WH55K.JQS2

Plus Code: 9C4QWRG4+F5

Entry Name: Monuments to John Williams and Ellis Owen

Listing Date: 30 March 1999

Last Amended: 30 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21527

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300021527

Location: The two monuments stand immediately outside the W door of St Cynhaearn's church, on the right side of the path to the lychgate.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Dolbenmaen

Community: Dolbenmaen

Locality: Ystumllyn

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Monument

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History

Both monuments were erected c1868 - 1878 to commemorate two famous local bards, Ellis Owen and John Williams (Ioan Madog), bardd godidog, who were members of the Cymdeithas Lenyddol Cefnymeysydd, a local salon set up to promote and further the study and creation of literary, musical and the poetic arts.

Exterior

Two pink granite tombstones standing side by side, that to the W comprising a cubic die set on a moulded base, with a cornice carrying a stepped cross, all enclosed in low cast iron railings with fleur terminals. The second, to the E, consists of a short column with a cavetto-sided conical apex carrying a turned vase. One inscribed to John Williams [Ioan Madog], bardd godidog, d.1878, the second to Ellis Owen of Cefn Meusydd, d.1868, both being well known literary figures in S Caernarfonshire in the 3rd quarter of the C19.

Reasons for Listing

Included as good C19 monuments to important local literary figures of the period.

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II Carreg and Pilkington Tombs
The two railed tombs are close to the S side of the nave of the Church of St Cynhaearn.
II* Church of St Cynhaearn
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II Gravestone of John Ystymllyn
The headstone stands in the churchyard of the church of St Cynhaearn, on the N side of the path from the lychgate.
II Tomb of David Owen
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II Lychgate to the Church of St Cynhaearn
St Cynhaearn stands isolated approximately 900m S of Pentrefelin village. The lychgate stands in front of the churchyard wall and provides the entrance to the rectangular churchyard from the SW.
II* Former Stables
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II* Ystumllyn
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Monuments to John Williams and Ellis Owen

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd