Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eliseg's Pillar

Eliseg's Pillar, remains of ancient cross, 2 m. NW. of Llangollen, Denbighshire; was erected to the memory of Eliseg, father of Brochmail, Prince of Powis, by his great-grandson; the broken shaft was reinstated in 1779.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "remains of ancient cross"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Denbighshire AncC
Place: Elisegs Pillar

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