Memorial
Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd/ Prince Llywelyn The Last- Stone
Current Location
Cefn-y-Bedd. On a grassy mound at the west end of the village., Cilmeri, Brecknockshire, Powys, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SO 001 514
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 61220
- Description
- Large standing stone on octagonal base surmounting a circular stone set on a grassy mound. Inscriptions in Welsh and English incised on slate tablets from original obelisk, one each of steps leading to field.
- Inscription
- GER Y FAN HON/ Y LLADDWYD/ LLYWELYN/ EIN LLYW OLAF/1282 NEAR THIS SPOT/ WAS KILLED/ OUR PRINCE/ LLYWELYN/ 1282
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- year died,place of death,forename,additional
- Sponsor Type
- corporate,public
- Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
- Stanley Bligh, an English barrister and local landowner, built the orignal memorial at his own cost, on his land. After his death in 1949 Breconshire County Council acquired the land and memorial. A public appeal for a new memorial was launched in 1953 and the stone was given by Penmaenmawr quarries, in Llywelyn's native county of Caernarfonshire.
- Maintenance History
- The stone from the original obelisk (Our ref. 61219) is incorporated in the stonework in the approach to this memorial. PMSA report:moss on base and light lichen over most of monolith
Ceremonies
Unveiled
1956
Components
- Stone of remembrance
Made from: Stone, Granite - Welsh
Condition: Lost
- Tablets
Made from: Slate
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Llwelyn ap Gruffudd (d.1282) Published:Oxford University Press 2004
- Public Monuments and Sculpture Association POWYS016 http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/AH/POWYS016.htm
- The Independent 24 Jan. 2011 Obituary of Rhobert ap Steffan.