Carreg and Pilkington Tombs

The Carreg and Pilkington Tombs are located within separate railed enclosures. The western enclosure contains two slate chest tombs, featuring a ledger slab with moulded edges and sides adorned with engraved panels, all resting on a slate plinth. The northern tomb is dedicated to Edward Carreg, who served as a surgeon to the Caernarfonshire Militia and later became the county coroner; he died in 1842 at the age of 57, along with his eldest son, also named Edward, who passed away in 1855. The southern chest tomb commemorates Margaret Dorathea Carreg, who died in 1839, although no further details are provided about her. Both tombs are closely positioned within elegant 2-meter tall cast iron railings, featuring baluster stanchions topped with urns and intermediate square rails with fleur terminals, cast by the John Jones Foundry of Portmadoc. To the east, there is an additional low-set ledger tomb of slate, inscribed to Elizabeth, the wife of Major Pilkington of Ty Nannau, who died in 1842, with an inscription added by Mary Waterhouse. This tomb is enclosed by similar cast iron railings, approximately 1.5 meters high, likely produced by the same foundry.