Map of Wales with Carmarthenshire highlighted

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.

Ammanford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Gorsedd stones Ammanford 1970 Stone circle Stone Erected to mark the 1970 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Mine worker's memorial Quay Street, Ammanford 2006 Howard Boycott Abstract sculpture Slate and sandstone
Twrch Trwyth Ammanford 2008 Tony Woodman Sculpture group Steel [1]

Burry Port

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Amelia Earhart monument Stepney Road, Burry Port 1930 Obelisk on pedestal Stone Grade II Q29504837 [2]
War memorial Memorial Gardens, Burry Port 2001 Cross on tapered pedestal Stone 1.3m high [3]
Amelia Earhart Commemoration Stone Quayside, Burry Port Inscised stone & plaque

Carmarthen

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		The Picton Monument Picton Terrace, Carmarthen 1847-49, restored 1988 F E H Fowler & J L Collard Obelisk on pedestal Stone 25m high Grade II Q29488272 [4][5][6]

More images 		William Nott, 1782-1845. Nott Square, Carmarthen 1851 Edward Davis Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite 4.5m high Grade II* Statue cast from captured cannon[4][7]

More images 		Royal Welch Fusillers / Crimean War memorial Lammas Street, Carmarthen 1858 Edward Richardson Obelisk on square plinth Portland stone 10m high Grade II Q29488247 [4][8][9][10]

More images 		Boer War memorial Guildhall Square, Carmarthen 1906 Statue on pedestal Stone and red granite [4][11]
Carmarthen County war memorial Priory Street, Carmarthen 1924 Goscombe John Statue on pedestal and stepped plinth Bronze and Portland stone 4.5m high [4][12]
Gorsedd stones Carmarthen Park 1973 Stone circle Stone Erected to mark the 1974 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Carmarthen Dragon Blue Street Roundabout, A4232, Carmarthen 2007 Tony Woodman Sculpture of a dragon Stainless steel Originally made for the Heart of the Dragon Festival in Newcastle Emlyn[13]
Merlin Merlin's Walk, Carmarthen 2010 Simon Hedger Carved sculpture of Merlin Oak Sculpture for a shopping development, made from an ancient oak tree [14][15]
The Drover St Catherine's Walk, Carmarthen 2010 Tony Woodman Tableau of a drover, sheepdog, sheep and goose Stainless steel Sculptures for a shopping development, to commemorate the former livestock market [16]

Carmarthen Bay

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Memorial to Ray Gravell, 1951–2007. Myndd-y-garreg, Carmarthen Bay Inscribed monolith Stone

Eglwyscummin

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		War memorial Pilgrims Way, Marros, Eglwyscummin 1930 Thomas Harries Trilithon Limestone with bronze plaques Grade II Q29501499 [17][18]
World War II memorial Red Roses Monolith Granite [19]

Llanboidy

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Monument to Walter Rice Howell Powell, (1819–1889) Llanboidy c.1890 Goscombe John Statue White marble Grade II* Q17742263 [20]

Llanelli

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Boer War Memorial Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli 1905 Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on a pedestal and plinth Bronze statue, granite pedestal and plinth Grade II Q29490306 [21][22][23]

More images 		Welsh Regiment World War I memorial St Ellyw's Church, Llanelli c. 1920 M.L Edwards (Mason) Celtic cross Granite Grade II Q29490240 [24][25]

More images 		War memorial Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli 1923 Goscombe John Relief panel and cenotaph Bronze sculpture & granite cenotaph Grade II Q29490305 [26][27]

More images 		Welsh Regiment World War II memorial Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli Cenotaph Granite [28]

More images 		Post-1945 war memorial Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli Cenotaph & plaque Stone [29]
Industrial Symphony / Tinplate Workers Eastgate, Llanelli 2014 Peter Walker Sculpture group Bronze [30]

Llandovery

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Grave of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, 1797–1875 St Dingat's church, Llandovery Canopy on four columns, a pedestal and stepped plinth Stone Grade II [31]
Mail Coach monument A40 near Cwm Goleu, east of Llandovery 1841 J Bull, John Jones of Llanddarog Obelisk & fence Stone & metal Grade II [32][33]

More images 		War memorial Broad Street, Llandovery 1924 R. L. Boulton & Sons (makers) Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q29505533 [34][35]
Drover Llandovery 1996 Jacqui Burgess Sculpture Bronze

More images 		Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan, (c.1341–1401) Llandovery Castle 2001 Toby Paterson & Gideon Paterson Statue on pedestal Stainless steel and stone 4.9m high Grade II* [36][37][38]

Llangynog

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		War Memorial Llangynog 1922 Martin L Edwards of Llanelli Wayside cross Granite 4.6m high Grade II Q26252561 [39]

Llansadwrn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial St Sadwrn's Churchyard, Llansadwrn c.1920 J Thomas of Llanelli Square shaft with cap and plinth Gray granite 2.5m high Grade II Q29499356 [40][41]
Memorial to Gwynfor Evans, (1912–2005) Near Garn Goch hillfort, Llansadwrn Ieuan Rees Inscribed monolith Stone

National Botanic Garden of Wales

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Welsh Black National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthney 2009 Sally Matthews Sculpture Metal with skins and furs [42]
Scaladaqua Touda National Botanic Garden of Wales William Pye Fountain Stone [42]
(Punk) Dog Fish National Botanic Garden of Wales 2010 Deborah Lewis Abstract sculpture Steel and objects on a limestone base [42]
Pi National Botanic Garden of Wales Rawleigh Clay Abstract sculpture Wood and metal [42]
Water Lily National Botanic Garden of Wales Sarah Tombs Sculpture Stainless steel [42]
Kisses Across the Sea National Botanic Garden of Wales Sonja Dawn Flewitt Sculpture Framed cast of lips and chins [42]
Creative Growth Stables courtyard, National Botanic Garden of Wales Pod Claire and others Mosaic in form of a DNA helix [42]
Liminality National Botanic Garden of Wales Benjamin Storch Abstract sculpture Metal [42]
Boar on the Hill National Botanic Garden of Wales 2012 Michelle Cain & the British Basketmakers Association Sculpture Basketwork [42]
Inerta National Botanic Garden of Wales Georgina Park Sculpture Resin [42]

Newcastle Emlyn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Memorial Garden, Newcastle Emlyn 1923, rededicated 1952 Obelisk Stone 1.8m high [43]

Pontyberem

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
1852 Gwendraeth mining disaster Pontyberem Inscribed plaque

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