Bagot Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 January 2001. Monument.
Bagot Memorial
- WRENN ID
- blind-arch-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 January 2001
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Bagot Memorial, Clocaenog, Ruthin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 064 551
- Coordinates
- 53.08539, -3.39779
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Bagot Memorial is a monument shaped like a pyramid on a pedestal, made of axe-dressed rough masonry, and stands about eight metres tall. The top is eroded but seems to finish in a smaller pyramid resembling an obelisk point. The pyramidal section is four metres high and rests on a square pedestal that features inscriptions on two sides. This pedestal is elevated on a high plinth made up of four steep steps, and at ground level, the structure measures approximately 4 metres square.
The original inscription, facing east, states: "As a memorial of his having completed this large range of mountain plantations which in part skirt the base of this hill William second Lord Bagot erected this pile of stones in the year 1830."
After the trees were cut down and Clocaenog Forest was replanted, a second inscription was carved by the artist Eric Gill and added to the pedestal stonework on the north side. This inscription reads: "Lord Bagot's plantations were felled during & after the Great War 1914 - 1918. The Forestry Commissioners began to plant Clocaenog Forest in 1930. 1934: R D Robinson, Chairman."
Local climate
Bagot Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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