List of public art in Carmarthenshire
Map of Wales with Carmarthenshire highlighted
This is a list of public art in Carmarthenshire , Wales . This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.
Ammanford
Burry Port
Carmarthen
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The Picton Monument
Picton Terrace, Carmarthen
1847-49, restored 1988
F E H Fowler & J L Collard
Obelisk on pedestal
Stone
25m high
Grade II
Q29488272
[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
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William Nott , 1782-1845.
Nott Square, Carmarthen
1851
Edward Davis
Statue on pedestal
Bronze and granite
4.5m high
Grade II*
Statue cast from captured cannon[ 4] [ 7]
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Royal Welch Fusillers / Crimean War memorial
Lammas Street, Carmarthen
1858
Edward Richardson
Obelisk on square plinth
Portland stone
10m high
Grade II
Q29488247
[ 4] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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Boer War memorial
Guildhall Square, Carmarthen
1906
Statue on pedestal
Stone and red granite
[ 4] [ 11]
Carmarthen County war memorial
Priory Street, Carmarthen
1924
Goscombe John
Statue on pedestal and stepped plinth
Bronze and Portland stone
4.5m high
[ 4] [ 12]
Gorsedd stones
Carmarthen Park
1973
Stone circle
Stone
Erected to mark the 1974 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Carmarthen Dragon
Blue Street Roundabout, A4232, Carmarthen
2007
Tony Woodman
Sculpture of a dragon
Stainless steel
Originally made for the Heart of the Dragon Festival in Newcastle Emlyn [ 13]
Merlin
Merlin's Walk, Carmarthen
2010
Simon Hedger
Carved sculpture of Merlin
Oak
Sculpture for a shopping development, made from an ancient oak tree [ 14] [ 15]
The Drover
St Catherine's Walk, Carmarthen
2010
Tony Woodman
Tableau of a drover, sheepdog, sheep and goose
Stainless steel
Sculptures for a shopping development, to commemorate the former livestock market [ 16]
Carmarthen Bay
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Memorial to Ray Gravell , 1951–2007.
Myndd-y-garreg, Carmarthen Bay
Inscribed monolith
Stone
Eglwyscummin
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War memorial
Pilgrims Way, Marros, Eglwyscummin
1930
Thomas Harries
Trilithon
Limestone with bronze plaques
Grade II
Q29501499
[ 17] [ 18]
World War II memorial
Red Roses
Monolith
Granite
[ 19]
Llanboidy
Llanelli
Llandovery
Llangynog
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War Memorial
Llangynog
1922
Martin L Edwards of Llanelli
Wayside cross
Granite
4.6m high
Grade II
Q26252561
[ 39]
Llansadwrn
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War memorial
St Sadwrn's Churchyard, Llansadwrn
c.1920
J Thomas of Llanelli
Square shaft with cap and plinth
Gray granite
2.5m high
Grade II
Q29499356
[ 40] [ 41]
Memorial to Gwynfor Evans , (1912–2005)
Near Garn Goch hillfort, Llansadwrn
Ieuan Rees
Inscribed monolith
Stone
National Botanic Garden of Wales
Newcastle Emlyn
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War memorial
Memorial Garden, Newcastle Emlyn
1923, rededicated 1952
Obelisk
Stone
1.8m high
[ 43]
Pontyberem
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1852 Gwendraeth mining disaster
Pontyberem
Inscribed plaque
References
^ "Development is a total boar" . South Wales Guardian . 23 July 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ Cadw . "Monument to Amelia Earhart (82071)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 26 March 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Burry Port" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 5 February 2020 .
^ a b c d e Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales . Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0 356 17609 6 .
^ Cadw . "Picton Monument (9503)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ Graham Watkins (2015). Welsh Follies, secrets, stories and scandals . Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978 1 84524 215 2 .
^ "Public Monument and Sculpture Association on General Nott Statue from National Recording Project" . Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "Crimea Memorial, Carmarthen; Welsh Fusiliers Monument (32652)" . Coflein . RCAHMW . Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Carmarthen / Caerfyrddin 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ Cadw . "Royal Welch Fusillers Monuments and Railings (9474)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 26 March 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register: Carmarthen - Boer War" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 8 May 2021 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Carmarthenshire" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "The Carmarthen Dragon - Carmarthenshire - Wales" . Waymarking.com . Retrieved 10 January 2024 .
^ Turner, Robin (27 February 2010). "Merlin's Oak to charm Carmarthen once again" . Wales Online . Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ Turner, Robin. "Merlin" . Art UK. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ "St Catherine's development drovers sculpture made in Newcastle Emlyn" . Western Telegraph . 16 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2024 .
^ Cadw . "The War Memorial, Marros (24497)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Marros" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Red Roses Obelisk" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 5 February 2020 .
^ Cadw . "WRH Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings (25616)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Llanelli – Boer War" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ "Llanelli Boer War Memorial (419425)" . Coflein . RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
^ Cadw . "Boer War Memorial in Gardens of the Town Hall (11965)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 26 March 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register: 4th Battalion The Welch Regiment" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 12 May 2021 .
^ Cadw . "War Memorial in Churchyard of St Ellyw (11891)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 10 August 2021 .
^ Cadw . "Great War Memorial in gardens of the Town Hall (11964)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Llanelli" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register: 4th Battalion The Welch Regiment WW2" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 10 August 2021 .
^ "War Memorials Register: Llanelli Post 1945" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 10 August 2021 .
^ "Llanelli Public Art Inveiling" . EastGate Llanelli . 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2020 .
^ "Tomb Of Sir Gardner Wilkinson, St Dingat's Church, Llandovery (418234)" . Coflein . RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
^ "Facelift for A40 Victorian drink-drive warning pillar" . BBC News . 31 October 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2020 .
^ "Mail Coach Monument Pillar, A40, Cwm Goleu, East Of Llandovery (23522)" . Coflein . RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
^ "War Memorials Register: Llandovery serviceman" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 30 June 2021 .
^ Cadw . "War Memorial and chain-link surround (82911)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 30 June 2021 .
^ Cadw . "Llandovery Castle (10965)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ Byron Rogers (17 October 2001). "Wales: Welsh Braveheart walks tall again" . Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 30 June 2021 .
^ Cadw . "War Memorial Cross (25803)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .
^ Cadw . "The War Memorial (22110)" . National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Llansadwrn" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Alison Stace (2017). Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland (Second Edition) . Herbert Press. ISBN 978 1 912217 25 0 .
^ "War Memorials Register, Newcastle Emlyn" . Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 4 February 2020 .
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