War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2003. War memorial.

War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard

WRENN ID
winter-pillar-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 2003
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SN 584 221
Coordinates
51.87971, -4.05796
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard is a freestone memorial designed in the style of a Celtic cross, set on a stepped plinth. The upper step of the plinth features the phrase "gwell angau na chywilydd" in raised letters. The square base includes a roll call of the deceased from the 1914-18 war in raised black letters on the east and north sides, with a similar roll call for the 1939-45 war added on the west side. The cross itself is adorned with ropework edge moulding, a wreath, and a sword below interlace panels, all depicted in shallow relief on the east face of the shaft, and it culminates in a wheel-headed cross.

Local climate

War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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