Latitude: 53.1429 / 53°8'34"N
Longitude: -4.2707 / 4°16'14"W
OS Eastings: 248222
OS Northings: 363045
OS Grid: SH482630
Mapcode National: GBR 5J.6115
Mapcode Global: WH43F.C8LF
Plus Code: 9C5Q4PVH+5P
Entry Name: Boer War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 May 2002
Last Amended: 3 May 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26625
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300026625
Location: Prominently sited on Twthill, overlooking the town.
County: Gwynedd
Town: Caernarfon
Community: Caernarfon
Community: Caernarfon
Locality: Twthill
Built-Up Area: Caernarfon
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: War memorial
Erected in the early C20 by Hugh Jones, mason of Caernarfon (inscribed on base), and first shown on the 1918 Ordnance Survey.
A memorial in the style of a Celtic cross. It has a stepped granite base, the lower part of rock-faced stone, while the upper part tapers and has polished inscription panels. A tall tapering cross shaft has a wheel-headed cross decorated with interlace ornament in relief.
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a simple Celtic revival design in a prominent position.
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