War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 October 2001. War memorial.

War Memorial Cross

WRENN ID
drifting-cupola-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 October 2001
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial Cross, Llangynog, Carmarthen
OS grid reference
SN 338 155
Coordinates
51.81407, -4.41146
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial Cross is a structure made of ashlar stone on a granite base, standing 4.6 meters high. The cross has an octagonal shape and features a wave moulding at its base. It is set on an octagonal inscribed base, which includes inscriptions honoring those who died in the First World War on the front three faces, a tribute to the 1939-1945 dead on the left side, and a dedication to Lieutenant Thomas Morris on the back. Below this, there is a broad plinth that has the words "Lest we forget" inscribed on the front, and it rests on a wider square stone base made of granite.

Local climate

War Memorial Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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