GLYNDWR BATTLES ALL WALES COMMEMORATIONS 2015



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. EMBASSY GLYNDWR  CARRIED OUT A   'TARIAN GLYNDWR'  BATTLEFIELD REGISTRATION  ACTION TO MARK AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE LOCATION OF THE FIRST  BATTLE OF FYRNWY WE HAD HOPED TO DO THIS ON the 24 SEPTEMBER BUT THIS WAS NOT TO BE SO . However, I at last was able to place a SIMPLE HAND MADE Registration PLAQUE aS A TEMPORARY MEASURE AT LOCATION AS  NEAR AS POSSIBLE  TO WHERE THIS BATTLE MAY HAVE BEEN FOUGHT. THE LOCATION I HAVE CHOSEN IS AS MUCH SYMBOLIC AND ALSO TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE PLAQUE, THUS FOTOS BELOW WILL SHOW TWO POSSIBLE PLACE FOR THE PLAQUE. BOTH ARE CLOSE TO THE WHERE GLYNDWR WAY MEETS AT ROAD TO LLANWYDDN CLOSE BY THE VYRNWY ESTATE CENTRE. HOPEFULLY, IN TIME THE VYRNWY ESTATE WILL THEMSELVES SET UP A MORE PROFFESSIONALLY FINNISHED BATTLE SITE PLAQUE AND COMMISSION A SCULPTURE TO SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENT THE BATTLE, SUCH WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THEIR SCULPTURE PARK.  THE BATTLE TOOK PLACE...
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