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In 1863, disillusioned with the formality of the Eisteddfod rules, the poet Gwilym Gowlyd held his first Arwest here and from then until 1927 it continued to be held annually on the site at the foot of the monument to the chief of bards.
Following its collapse in 1976 during a storm, the pillar was re-erected in 1994.
Title
Taliesin Monument
Date
c.1850
Medium
stone & oak
Measurements
H 330 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 170 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
LL27_AEB_S001
Acquisition method
commissioned by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby
Work type
Monument
Owner
Conwy County Borough Council
Custodian
Conwy County Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised on brass plaque fixed to front of stone: COLOFN TALIESIN MONUMENT / CODWYD Y GOLOFN HON GAN ARGLWYDD WILLOUGHBY d'ERESBY TUA 1850 / I GOFIO TALIESIN BEN BEIRDD O'R 6ed GANRIF YR HONNIR IDDO / GAEL EI ENI A'R LAN LLYN GEIRIONYDD. / CYNHALIWYD ARWEST GWILYM COWLYD YMA O 1863 - 1922 / CHWALWYD Y GOLOFN GAN STORM YN 1976 AC AIL GODWYD HI YN 1994 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY LORD WILLOUGHBY d'ERESBY CIRCA 1850 / TO COMMEMORATE THE REPUTED BIRTHPLACE OF TALIESIN CHIEF BARD OF / THE 6th CENTURY ON THE SHORE OF LLYN GEIRIONYDD. / THE ARWEST OF GWILYM COWLYD WAS HELD HERE BETWEEN 1863 - 1922 / THE COLUMN WAS DESTROYED IN A 1976 STORM AND RE-ERECTED IN 1994
Llyn Geirionydd, Trefriw
LL27 0YX
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