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E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans
E. H. Evans

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The subject is walking forward, with a crook in his left hand, a jacket held over his left shoulder, mounted on a rough hewn stone plinth.
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.

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Located at

Pen y Gareg Street, Trawsfynydd

LL41 4SB

Located in the grounds of chapel, just south of junction with Station Road.