2006

SJ2264 : Farmland around the Obelisk

taken 18 years ago, near to Gwernaffield-y-Waun, Flintshire/Sir y Fflint, Wales

Farmland around the Obelisk
Farmland around the Obelisk
On the land of Rhual farm. A note in a Victoria Welsh Society Newsletter, by Trevor Lloyd Jones, says: "In 1951 the National Eisteddfod was held on a field in Maesgarmon. Up the hill from where the Eisteddfod occurred there is an obelisk. The Latin inscription on this ancient monument tells of a battle fought in A.D. 420 between the local people under Saint Germanus and the heathen Picts and Saxons. The locals were greatly outnumbered but Germanus, knowing that sounds echoed and echoed in this place, gave the signal for his followers to rise and face the enemy with a howling cry of Hallelujah, where upon the attacking forces fled in alarm! "

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Category: Monument > Obelisk
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rhual [6] · Field [4] · Obelisk [3] ·
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SJ2264, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Medcalf   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 21 August, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 24 August, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 222 646 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:10.3680N 3:9.9228W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 220 647
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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