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Former home of the shepherd poet who became the symbol of a generation lost during the First World War. Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917), better known by his bardic name Hedd Wyn, died during the Battle of Passchendaele. His poem 'Yr Arwr' ('The Hero') famously won the 1917 Eisteddfod Bardic Chair (the highest honour bestowed to Welsh language poets) several weeks after his death, dramatically marked by the draping of a black cloth across the chair when the tragedy was revealed during the ceremony. Y Gadair Ddu (‘The Black Chair’) is on display in Yr Ysgwrn, his family home, which is now a visitor centre run by Snowdonia National Park Authority.
Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd
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- Region : North West Wales
- Grid Ref : SH 72083 34973
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Former home of the shepherd poet who became the symbol of a generation lost during the First World War. Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917), better known by his bardic name Hedd Wyn, died during the Battle of Passchendaele. His poem 'Yr Arwr' ('The Hero') famously won the 1917 Eisteddfod Bardic Chair (the highest honour bestowed to Welsh language poets) several weeks after his death, dramatically marked by the draping of a black cloth across the chair when the tragedy was revealed during the ceremony. Y Gadair Ddu (‘The Black Chair’) is on display in Yr Ysgwrn, his family home, which is now a visitor centre run by Snowdonia National Park Authority.
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