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Title
E. H. Evans
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 165 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 103 x W 117 x D (?) cm
Accession number
LL41_DO_S121
Work type
Statue
Owner
Gwynedd Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
11th August 1923
Listing date
27/02/04
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
on a bronze plaque set into the plinth: HEDD WYN / PRIFARDD EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL 1917 / CANWYD EF YN MHLWYF TRAWSFYNYDD / A SYRTHIODD AR / ESGAIR PILKEM IN FFLANDRYS / CORFENNAF 31, 1917, YN 30 OED / "EI ABERTH NID A HEIBIO-EI WYNEB / ANNWYL NID A'N ANGO / ER I'R ALMAEN YSTAENIO / EI DWRN DUR YN EI WAED O"; the same text etched on a slate tablet below, though with different line breaks; and below that, set into the ground on another slate tablet: HEDD WYN / THIS STATUE COMMEMORATES THE / DEATH OF THE WINNING BARD AT THE / BIRKENHEAD NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD / AUGUST 1917. THE CHAIR WAS AWARDED / POSTHUMOUSLY TO HEDD WYN WHO WAS / KILLED IN ACTION AT PILKIM RIDGE, / FLANDERS ON JULY 30TH 1917.
Pen y Gareg Street, Trawsfynydd
LL41 4SB
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