Boer War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 May 2002. Memorial.
Boer War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-cobalt-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 May 2002
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Boer War Memorial, Twthill, Caernarfon
- OS grid reference
- SH 482 630
- Coordinates
- 53.14289, -4.27068
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Boer War Memorial is designed in the style of a Celtic cross. It features a stepped granite base, with the lower section made of rock-faced stone and the upper part tapering to include polished panels for inscriptions. The tall, tapering cross shaft is topped with a wheel-headed cross that is adorned with interlace ornament in relief.
Local climate
Boer War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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