Dinas Powys War Memorial

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Included as a village war memorial in prominent village centre position. Group value with the Old Court. History: Commemorating the dead of the First and (later) Second World Wars. First dedicated in 1935 following controversy over the form the memorial should take, in particular whether a hospital should be built. Original design was for a cross. Earlier photograph confirms the crazy paving surface to the plinth to be a later insertion; the original design provided the traditional step/ledge for wreaths. Other nearby features on the Green are a stone trough incorporating a stone engraved with a lion s head and a fountain erected to commemorate reign of Edward VII. Exterior: War Memorial. Plain tapered pier of coursed rock-faced stone on a wide plinth with an upper surface of random-set stone. Cast metal plaques record the names of the dead, surmounted by a metal wreath on the main S elevation. Location: In the middle of the triangular green at the centre of the village on paving enclosed by chain fencing hung from stone piers.

From Cadw under OGL v3.