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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #3675 on: December 30, 2013, 07:29:22 pm »
Hugo is correct, its a monument to Dr Johnson, who lived outside Denbigh.

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« Reply #3676 on: December 30, 2013, 10:43:56 pm »
Another monument in N Wales but where is it and who is it dedicated to?         $walesflag$


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« Reply #3677 on: December 31, 2013, 09:08:01 am »
This phallic erection is:

The Pillar of Eliseg, originally a tall stone cross, is still a striking landmark. Now only part of a round shaft survives set within its original base. Almost invisible to today's visitor, the Pillar once bore a long Latin inscription saying that the cross was raised by Concenn, ruler of the kingdom of Powys, who died in AD 854, in memory of his great-grandfather, Eliseg who had driven Anglo-Saxon invaders out of the area. The Pillar stands on a mound of unknown date and function. By the late seventeenth century the Pillar was no longer standing, but the damaged inscription was recorded by the famous Welsh antiquary Edward Lhuyd. The mound was dug into in 1773 by the local land-owner Thomas Lloyd and is reported to have contained a stone cist with a skeleton.

More info available at http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full-ori.php.en?Id=1360
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« Reply #3678 on: December 31, 2013, 09:50:04 am »
Well done Yorkie, spot on.        &well&

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« Reply #3679 on: January 04, 2014, 05:51:38 pm »
Does this photo ring a bell with anyone?         What and where is it?        $walesflag$

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« Reply #3680 on: January 04, 2014, 09:39:53 pm »
If I may be so bold, may I suggest the bell tower is that of
St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanweollwyfo

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« Reply #3681 on: January 04, 2014, 11:27:00 pm »
Go to the back of the class Yorkie and do a 100 lines   " I must try harder"       ;D

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« Reply #3682 on: January 05, 2014, 09:53:02 am »
Further dedicated research has revealed that it may be the South Entrance of  Llwydiarth Church, Welshpool, which was built in 1854, as can be seen by the dated stone.
I hope this is Q.E.D.
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« Reply #3683 on: January 05, 2014, 10:30:49 am »
Pay attention Yorkie and stand in the corner!         $smack$

This old school is much nearer home.      $walesflag$   $walesflag$

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« Reply #3684 on: January 05, 2014, 04:24:34 pm »
Schooldays C1916 at the old schoolhouse        $walesflag$ 

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« Reply #3685 on: January 05, 2014, 05:10:51 pm »
Capel Garmon School will have to be my last attempt at this one!   ;) :D ;D
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« Reply #3686 on: January 05, 2014, 10:33:50 pm »
Top of the class Yorkie,  well done.      &well&

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« Reply #3687 on: January 06, 2014, 07:49:45 am »
The pic of the Class of '16 was the giveaway!   $good$
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« Reply #3688 on: January 06, 2014, 10:56:45 am »
Why, which one is you Yorkie?       ;D

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« Reply #3689 on: January 06, 2014, 12:22:23 pm »
Why, which one is you Yorkie?       ;D

Front row, second from left, which makes me about 105!   ;D

And aren't you the one wearing your Sister's frock in the middle of the second row?   _))*
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