List of public art in Carmarthenshire

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.

Map of Wales with Carmarthenshire highlighted

Ammanford
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Gorsedd stones Ammanford 1970 Stone circleStone Erected to mark the 1970 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Mine worker's memorial Quay Street, Ammanford 2006Howard Boycott Abstract sculptureSlate and sandstone
Twrch Trwyth Ammanford 2008Tony Woodman Sculpture groupSteel [1]

Burry Port
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Amelia Earhart monument Stepney Road, Burry Port 1930 Obelisk on pedestalStone Grade IIQ29504837 [2]
War memorial Memorial Gardens, Burry Port 2001 Cross on tapered pedestalStone1.3m high [3]
Amelia Earhart Commemoration Stone Quayside, Burry Port Inscised stone & plaque

Carmarthen
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 The Picton Monument Picton Terrace, Carmarthen 1847-49F E H Fowler & J L Collard Obelisk on pedestalStone25m high Grade IIQ29488272 [4][5]

More images		 William Nott, 1782-1845. Nott Square, Carmarthen 1851Edward Davis Statue on pedestalBrinze statue, granite pedestal4.5m high Grade II* [6]

More images		 Royal Welch Fusillers / Crimean War memorial Lammas Street, Carmarthen 1858Edward Richardson Obelisk on square plinthPortland stone10m high Grade IIQ29488247 [7][8][9]
Carmarthen County war memorial Priory Street, Carmarthen 1924Goscombe John Statue on pedestal and stepped plinthBronze statue and Portland stone pedestal and plinth4.5m high [10]
Gorsedd stones Carmarthen Park 1973 Stone circleStone Erected to mark the 1974 National Eisteddfod of Wales

Carmarthen Bay
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Memorial to Ray Gravell, 1951–2007. Myndd-y-garreg, Carmarthen Bay Inscribed monolithStone

Eglwyscummin
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Pilgrims Way, Marros, Eglwyscummin 1930Thomas Harries TrilithonLimestone with bronze plaques Grade IIQ29501499 [11][12]
World War II memorial Red Roses MonolithGranite [13]

Llanboidy
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Monument to Walter Rice Howell Powell, (1819–1889) Llanboidy c.1890Goscombe John StatueWhite marble Grade II*Q17742263 [14]

Llanelli
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Boer War Memorial Town Hall grounds, Llanelli 1905Francis W Doyle Jones Statue on a pedestal and plinthBronze statue, granite pedestal and plinth Grade IIQ29490306 [15][16][17]
War memorial People's Park, Llanelli 1923Goscombe John Relief panel and cenotaphBronze sculpture & granite cenotaph Grade IIQ29490305 [18][19]
Industrial Symphony / Tinplate Workers Eastgate, Llanelli 2014Peter Walker Group sculptureBronze [20]

Llandovery
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Grave of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, 1797–1875 St Dingat's church, Llandovery Canopy on four columns, a pedestal and stepped plinthStone Grade II [21]
Mail Coach monument A40 near Cwm Goleu, east of Llandovery 1841J Bull, John Jones of Llanddarog Obelisk & fenceStone & metal Grade II [22][23]
Drover Llandovery 1996Jacqui Burgess SculptureBronze

More images		 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan, (c.1341–1401) Llandovery Castle 2001Toby Paterson & Gideon Paterson StatueStainless steel4.9m high Grade II* [24][25]

Llangynog
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War Memorial Llangynog 1922Martin L Edwards of Llanelli Wayside crossGranite4.6m high Grade IIQ26252561 [26]

Llansadwrn
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial St Sadwrn's Churchyard, Llansadwrn c.1920J Thomas of Llanelli Square shaft with cap and plinthGray granite2.5m high Grade IIQ29499356 [27][28]
Memorial to Gwynfor Evans, (1912–2005) Near Garn Goch hillfort, Llansadwrn Ieuan Rees Inscribed monolithStone

National Botanic Garden of Wales
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Welsh Black National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthney 2009Sally Matthews SculptureMetal with skins and furs [29]
Scaladaqua Touda National Botanic Garden of Wales William Pye FountainStone [29]
(Punk) Dog Fish National Botanic Garden of Wales 2010Deborah Lewis Abstract sculptureSteel and objects on a limestone base [29]
Pi National Botanic Garden of Wales Rawleigh Clay Abstract sculptureWood and metal [29]
Water Lily National Botanic Garden of Wales Sarah Tombs SculptureStainless steel [29]
Kisses Across the Sea National Botanic Garden of Wales Sonja Dawn Flewitt SculptureFramed cast of lips and chins [29]
Creative Growth Stables courtyard, National Botanic Garden of Wales Pod Claire and others Mosaic in form of a DNA helix [29]
Liminality National Botanic Garden of Wales Benjamin Storch Abstract sculptureMetal [29]
Boar on the Hill National Botanic Garden of Wales 2012Michelle Cain & the British Basketmakers Association SculptureBasketwork [29]
Inerta National Botanic Garden of Wales Georgina Park SculptureResin [29]

Newcastle Emlyn
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Memorial Garden, Newcastle Emlyn 1923, rededicated 1952 ObeliskStone1.8m high [30]

Pontyberem
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
1852 Gwendraeth mining disaster Pontyberem Inscribed plaque

References
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  2. Cadw. "Monument to Amelia Earhart (82071)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. "War Memorials Register, Burry Port". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. Cadw. "Picton Monument (9503)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. Graham Watkins (2015). Welsh Follies, secrets, stories and scandals. Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978 1 84524 215 2.
  6. "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.
  7. "Crimea Memorial, Carmarthen; Welsh Fusiliers Monument". Coflein. 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  8. "War Memorials Register, Carmarthen / Caerfyrddin 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  9. Cadw. "Royal Welch Fusillers Monuments and Railings (9474)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  10. "War Memorials Register, Carmarthenshire". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  11. Cadw. "The War Memorial, Marros (24497)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  12. "War Memorials Register, Marros". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  13. "War Memorials Register, Red Roses Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  14. Cadw. "WRH Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings (25616)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  15. "War Memorials Register, Llanelli – Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  16. "Boer War memorial, Llanelli". Coflein. 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  17. Cadw. "Boer War Memorial in Gardens of the Town Hall (11965)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  18. Cadw. "Great War Memorial in gardens of the Town Hall (11964)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  19. "War Memorials Register, Llanelli". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  20. "Llanelli Public Art Inveiling". EastGate Llanelli. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  21. "Tomb of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, St Dingat's Church, Llandovery". Coflein. 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  22. "Facelift for A40 Victorian drink-drive warning pillar". BBC News. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  23. "Mail Coach Monument Pillar, A40, Cwm Goleu, East of Llandovery". Coflein. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  24. Cadw. "Llandovery Castle (10965)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  25. Byron Rogers (17 October 2001). "Wales: Welsh Braveheart walks tall again". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  26. Cadw. "War Memorial Cross (25803)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  27. Cadw. "The War Memorial (22110)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  28. "War Memorials Register, Llansadwrn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  29. Alison Stace (2017). Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland (Second Edition). Herbert Press. ISBN 978 1 912217 25 0.
  30. "War Memorials Register, Newcastle Emlyn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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