Statue of Hedd Wyn

The Statue of Hedd Wyn is an early 20th-century commemorative memorial dedicated to the poet Hedd Wyn, whose real name was Ellis Humphrey Evans. The statue stands on a rough stone stepped plinth, which features a bronze plaque inscribed with the following text: HEDD WYN / PRI FARDD EISTEDDROD GENEDLAETHOL 1917 / GANWYD EF YM MHLWYF TRAWSFYNYDD / A SYRTHIODD AR ESGAIR PILKEM YN / FFLANDRYS GORFFENAF 31 1917 YN 30 OED / "EI ABERTH NID A HEIBIO EI WYNEB / ANNWYL NID AN ANGO / ER I'R ALMAEN YSTAENIO / EI DWRN DUR YN EI WAEDÔ".

A slate tablet leans against the front face of the plinth, displaying the same inscription. Additionally, there is a slate tablet placed on the ground in front of the memorial that reads: HEDD WYN / THIS STATUE COMMEMORATES THE / DEATH OF THE WINNING BARD AT THE BIRKENHEAD NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD / AUGUST 1917. THE CHAIR WAS AWARDED / POSTHUMOUSLY TO HEDD WYN WHO WAS / KILLED IN ACTION AT PILKIM RIDGE / FLANDERS ON JULY 30TH 1917.