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Memorial: M2985

Paxton’s Tower at Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire commemorating Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Above village of Llanarthney, Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Details

Type: Tower
Position: South side of Tywi Valley

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Paxton's Tower erected circa 1810 to memory of Lord Nelson. Now owned by National Trust. File of newspaper cuttings in reference library, Carmarthen. The stained glass windows from the tower, based on the illustrations in Clarke and M'Arthur's 'Life of Admiral Lord Nelson', are now in the Carmarthen Museum.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth, 1995) p. 140,
Recorder: David Saunders

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