Sundial at the Church of St Twrog
A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd
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Coordinates
Latitude: 53.0794 / 53°4'45"N
Longitude: -4.314 / 4°18'50"W
OS Eastings: 245092
OS Northings: 356077
OS Grid: SH450560
Mapcode National: GBR 5G.B2HG
Mapcode Global: WH43L.PVWN
Plus Code: 9C5Q3MHP+Q9
Entry Name: Sundial at the Church of St Twrog
Listing Date: 30 September 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22416
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300022416
Location: Situated on mound near the south-west corner of St Twrog's Churchyard.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Llandwrog
Community: Llandwrog
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
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History
Mid-C18 sundial. Brass plate to the top of the sundial is inscribed "1746 The Gift of R.G. Rector". Chamber beneath was formerly the so-called Death House for the parish, the registers showing that the bodies of seafarers found occasionally on the shore were brought here before burial.
Exterior
Local stone. Tapering baluster shaft with moulded capping and plinth on octagonal base. Inscribed brass plate with gnomon to top. Mound on which sundial sits covers stone chamber with brick barrel vault, approached down steep flight of slate steps (see History).
Reasons for Listing
Included as a well-preserved mid-C18 sundial, which has group value with St Twrog's Church and its churchyard wall.
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