Monument To Dead In Civil War Skirmish is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.
Monument To Dead In Civil War Skirmish
- WRENN ID
- narrow-plinth-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 72 SE RUDFORD BARBER'S BRIDGE
8/216 Monument to dead in Civil War skirmish
II
Monument; 1871 for W. P. Price. Rock-faced ashlar, dressed margins to horizontal joints and corners in upper part. Square needle on base. Three rock-faced steps, smooth ashlar plinth with inscription on all 4 faces, chamfered top. Tapering needle 10 courses high, steeply chamfered top, carrying stone cross. Inscription in English and Welsh. Stones taken from old walls of City of Gloucester. Commemorates Lord Herbert's Welsh force, killed in battle with Parliamentarian soldiers under Sir William Waller and Colonel Massey in 1643: their remains were discovered shortly before date of monument. Very prominent by main road. (Morris' Gloucestershire Directory, 1876.)
Listing NGR: SO7729222176
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.
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