NPRN419452
Map ReferenceSN55SW
Grid ReferenceSN5206051430
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityLlanfihangel Ystrad
Type Of SiteWAR MEMORIAL
Period20th Century
DescriptionLocated close to Sant Silin church, the monument was recently moved to its present setting from its original location at a nearby road junction (SN52045131) to protect it from traffic damage.
Set on a south-west facing slope enclosed within wrought iron railings. A white marble statue of a soldier at ease resting on a chamfered moulding atop a tapering grey granite block on a stepped, chamfered base. The block commemorates those (unnamed) who served in the First World War on its east face, and on its north face those (named) who died. A register of the names of those from the district who served (including one woman), engraved on plaques, is set against the slope below the monument on its south-west side. Standing upright above it is a separate, granite, plaque commemorating the dead of the Second World War. The monument is approached by footpaths from north and south.
David Leighton, RCAHMW, 14 October 2013