Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Mathew Williams Memorial Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 326 | |
Manual Reference | ANGLESEY013 | |
Type | Commemorative stone | |
Title | Mathew Williams Memorial | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | A5 | |
Precise Location | Roadside in centre of village | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SH312784 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Slate topped stone with large slate tablet with inscription inset on one side, a smaller one on the other. | ||
Mathew Williams (1876 - 1964) was a local 'country' poet. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Incised on slate tablet; letters painted white: I GOFIO / MATHEW WILLIAMS / (MATHEW BACH) / TY'N Y MERDDYN, CAERGEILIOG / BARDDD GWLAD / 1876 - 1964 / "Pryd bynnag daw y daith I ben, / I uno a'r llu tu draw I'r llen, / Cael bedd ddymunwn I pryd hyn / Yn ymyl mam yn mhridd Rhyd Wyn." / TO REMEMBER / MATHEW WILLIAMS / COUNTRY POET Incised on small slate tablet on other side of stone: Dim Rhodio mwyach ger y llyn / Dim Tyn-y-Merddyn mwy. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Memorial | Stone | 112cm high x 120cm wide |
Main inscription tablet | Slate | 72cm high x 62cm wide |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Biological growth | Lichen on slate top of memorial and over most of stone |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | No damage |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
