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Latitude: 52.8846 / 52°53'4"N
Longitude: -4.0738 / 4°4'25"W
OS Eastings: 260558
OS Northings: 333913
OS Grid: SH605339
Mapcode National: GBR 5S.Q6X4
Mapcode Global: WH55T.DRBH
Plus Code: 9C4QVWMG+RF
Entry Name: Tower at Glyn Cywarch
Listing Date: 30 December 2004
Last Amended: 30 December 2004
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 83470
ID on this website: 300083470
Location: In private grounds set well back from the NE side of the B4573, to S of Glan-y-wern and SE of Eisingrug; the tower is in an elevated position along a track c350m SW of the house at Glyn Cywarch.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Talsarnau
Community: Talsarnau
Locality: Glyn Cywarch
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Late C19 observation tower, erected in 1881.
Circular look out tower, built of stone, standing to a height of c.6m and with an internal diameter of c.4m. The ground floor is open fronted to the SE, with the upper floor supported on circular iron pillars. The platform roof is reached via stone steps and wooden stairs to the rear (NW), and has a low parapet wall with embattled coping. There are 2 steps from the ground floor down to a path that runs round the tower and has a low parapet wall of mortared rubble masonry.
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey.
Included as a tower and viewing platform that formed an integral part of the development of the estate grounds at Glyn Cywarch in the latter part of the C19.
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