Inscribed stone pillar at Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 December 2004. Inscribed stone pillar.
Inscribed stone pillar at Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- salt-ashlar-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 December 2004
- Type
- Inscribed stone pillar
- Address
- Inscribed stone pillar at Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel Y Traethau, Talsarnau, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 594 353
- Coordinates
- 52.89754, -4.09022
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The inscribed stone pillar at the Church of St Michael is a tall stone pier, roughly shaped, with each of its four faces featuring an inscription. The legend reads: + HOC EST SEPULCHRUM WLEDER MATRIS ODELEV QUI PRIMUS EDIFICAVIT HANC ECCLESIAM IN TEMPORE WINI REGIS. According to Nash Williams, this translates to: 'Here is the tomb of Wleder mother of Hoedliw who first built this church in the time of King Owain'. King Wini, also known as Ewini, is likely Owain Gwynedd, who passed away in 1170.
Local climate
Inscribed stone pillar at Church of St Michael 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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