Porthmadog war memorial, including steps, trilithon and monoliths forming its approach is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 September 2005. War memorial.
Porthmadog war memorial, including steps, trilithon and monoliths forming its approach
- WRENN ID
- moated-banister-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 September 2005
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Porthmadog war memorial, including steps, trilithon and monoliths forming its approach, Ynys Galch
- OS grid reference
- SH 566 392
- Coordinates
- 52.93159, -4.13401
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Porthmadog war memorial features a cross on a small rise, designed to create a sense of procession from the street. The Celtic style cross stands on a stepped plinth, with a square base that has bronze inscription panels listing the names of those who died in the 1914-18 war in raised letters. The wheel-headed cross is mounted on a tapering shaft. The memorial is enclosed by dwarf walls made of coursed stone, with piers at the corners that hold bronze plaques commemorating those who died in the 1939-45 war.
Access to the memorial is via a winding path from the street. An arc of stone steps, complete with a stepped parapet, leads up to a rock-faced trilithon engraved with 'Bryn Coffa'. Beyond the trilithon, a path is lined with monoliths, each inscribed with the years of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars.
Local climate
Porthmadog war memorial, including steps, trilithon and monoliths forming its approach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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