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Latitude: 51.6415 / 51°38'29"N
Longitude: -3.9777 / 3°58'39"W
OS Eastings: 263245
OS Northings: 195485
OS Grid: SS632954
Mapcode National: GBR WLN.8X
Mapcode Global: VH4K9.00HG
Plus Code: 9C3RJ2RC+HW
Entry Name: Carmarthen Road War Memorial
Listing Date: 7 January 2000
Last Amended: 7 January 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22776
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300022776
Location: Set back from the E side of the A483 NW of the junction with Ravenhill Road.
County: Swansea
Town: Swansea
Community: Cockett (Y Cocyd)
Community: Cockett
Locality: Fforest-fach
Built-Up Area: Swansea
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: War memorial
A cenotaph-type memorial in ashlar, with a moulded base and gabled cap. The front face has 2 cast bronze panels, the lower of which reads 'GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD', the upper main panel listing the names of the dead in the 1914-18 war. The side walls have sculpted lion's heads.
The memorial is fronted by stone steps and is set back from the pavement within a concave recess that has a rubble rear wall with stone benches and curves out to terminate in piers which have guilloche-moulded panels. On the L side is a gateway with a second pier, leading to a senior citizens' hall. Flanking the main memorial, panels with concrete surrounds are added to the rear wall, listing the names of the dead in the 1939-45 war.
Listed as a public memorial occupying a prominent site and for its social-historical interest.
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