Twyn y Garth Gun is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 November 2018. Memorial.
Twyn y Garth Gun
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-chamber-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 November 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Twyn y Garth Gun, Painscastle
- OS grid reference
- SO 107 437
- Coordinates
- 52.08451, -3.30444
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Twyn y Garth Gun is a First World War 105mm leichte Feldhaubitzer (light field howitzer) mounted on a concrete plinth. A plate on the front reads, "The Gun. Twyn y Garth. This First World War German field howitzer was obtained by Mrs. Lionel Trafford from the War Office in 1920 and placed on Twyn y Garth as a memorial to her brother and other local men who died in that War." By 1999, the gun had become severely weathered, but it was refurbished by 6 Battalion A&GREME, with the wheels restored locally. The gun was replaced on its plinth on 7th October 2000, supported by a large happy crowd.
Local climate
Twyn y Garth Gun sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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