Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Hugo]

I took this photo when we had a walk today.        Does anyone know where this is?

[hollins]

Llechwedd slate mine caverns?

[Hugo]

It's supposed to be a secret Hollins but you are spot on so well done

[Hugo]

We had a walk yesterday and came across this landmark.      Where in N Wales would you see it?             

[Hugo]

It's not f ar from a City in N Wales but what is the landmark called?

[Hugo]

The monument is near to a City in N Wales

Iy's also near the coast by the sea, but that's not a Red Herring!


It's not Bangor, Wrexham or St Asaph so what other city could it be?

[SteveH]

      

[Hugo]

Look for a City on Ynys Mon and that's near the Memorial, but whose memorial?

[SteveH]

Menai Bridge War Memorial or Druids walk ?

[DVT]

Moruslaid Memorial Monument, near the A5025 Menai Bridge to Amlwch road, just south of CITY Dulas, and near the Pilot Boat Inn.  Had to scan over an Anglesey OS map to find it!

[Hugo]

Well done DVT, that's good detective work.       That's the location but what about the Memorial near the Pilot Boat Inn?

A photo below may give the game away?

[Hugo]

Apologies DVT  but you were spot on with your answer for the location and also for the name of the Memorial.   I missed the family name  in translation.     I've been past the place many times but Thursday was the first time that I had been up close to the memorial.  So well done again DVT  because a lot of people drive past it and don't notice it 

Moruslaid Memorial Monument is a monument dedicated to the Morris Brothers
The brothers became famous for the many thousands of letters which they wrote to each other during their working lives which have remarkably survived and give a fascinating  glimpse of life in rural Wales in the early 18th century

[DVT]

I have to admit I found CITY Dulas by using the OS map, something rang a bell about a City in Anglesey, some trivia from years ago I think!  On the map it does show a monument (mon) so I went onto Google maps and could see it from road level, that gave the name Moruslaid, but I could not get any sense from that ... no wonder, as Google maps has spelt it incorrectly - nothing new there!  Morrisiaid (spelling on the plaque) translates as Morris's, the family surname.

Zooming in on your photo did not work, could not read the inscription, so thanks for the detail - someone on here must be able to translate it fully but it does seem, from my limited Welsh, that there were three brothers, Lewis, Richard and William, back in the 1700's and they were involved in Welsh literature, poetry and music, and also the Welsh bible.  For some reason Richard is buried in London.  The memorial has been there since September 1910.

[Hugo]

Sorry about the plaque DVT but I couldn't make it too easy but you got the answer anyway!      I've enclosed two photos of plaques, the first being on the main road and the other at the base of the memorial.
There were actually four brothers, John being the other one so I've attached a link that tells you more about the Morris Brothers


https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=morris-brothers-farm-city-dulas

[SteveH]

Hugo, Found this article today, relating to your quiz above, thought you might like it..........

Gifted brothers from Anglesey throw light on the 18th century
A collection of letters in the British Library are a rich mine of information for Welsh historians

cont https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/gifted-brothers-from-anglesey-throw-light-on-the-18th-century/