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Dog Stone, Mynydd Varteg

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in August 1864, Carlo was accidentally, and fatally, shot. Kennard had the dog buried at the site of the accident, and arranged for a memorial
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breed, owned by Henry Martyn Kennard (1833–1911). The Kennards, of Crumlin Hall, were local
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The Kennard's Welsh home, Crumlin Hall, subsequently became the
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on a plinth of concrete. Above the inscription (see box), is a
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to be cast at Blaenavon and erected over the dog's grave.
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through his Blaenavon Coal and Iron Company in 1836. At a
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raised. It has been catalogued in the archives of the
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Index


Memorial
Abersychan
Torfaen
51°45′15″N 3°05′09″W / 51.7543°N 3.0857°W / 51.7543; -3.0857
Cadw
Listed Building
Dog Stone, Mynydd Varteg is located in Torfaen
Coity Mountain
Abersychan
Torfaen
memorial
Red setter
Grade II listed structure
hunting dog
Red setter
ironmasters
Robert Kennard
Blaenavon Ironworks
shooting party
Glorious Twelfth
headstone
cast iron
cast
snout
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Grade II listed structure
Cadw
Crumlin Mining and Technical College

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