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Latitude: 51.5627 / 51°33'45"N
Longitude: -3.7311 / 3°43'51"W
OS Eastings: 280102
OS Northings: 186291
OS Grid: SS801862
Mapcode National: GBR H6.DL7N
Mapcode Global: VH5H2.8ZWD
Plus Code: 9C3RH779+3H
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 25 April 2000
Last Amended: 25 April 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 23270
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300023270
Location: Located immediately outside and to the R of the entrance gates to St Mary's Abbey Church and churchyard.
County: Neath Port Talbot
Town: Port Talbot
Community: Margam
Community: Margam
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial post-dating the 1st World War (1914-18).
Narrow tapering polygonal shaft of limestone bearing a Celtic cross. Moulded shaft ring near top. On a square base with chamfered angles and top edges. The base rests on a 3-tier platform; the lower 2 tiers are of rubble stone capped with slabs. Within a small square enclosure. Low walls to N and W, churchyard wall to E and park boundary wall to S.
An inscription on the N (front) face of the base is dedicated to those who died in the 1st World War (1914-18). Their names are listed below. A further inscription on the W face begins 'They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old ...'. The upper tier of the platform is dedicated to the memory of Z. Paynter Williamson 1848-1921, Vicar of Margam for 41 years and chaplain to the territorial force. A stone attached to the face of the central tier of the platform commemorates 3 men who died in World War II (1939-45).
Listed for its historic interest as a C20 war memorial. Group value with St Mary's Abbey Church, the churchyard walls and gates.
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