Gelert's Grave - Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK - Animal Memorials on Waymarking.com

A footpath beside the Glaslyn river leads to Beddgelert's most famous legend - Gelert's Grave. According to the legend a medieval Welsh prince, Llewellyn the Great, went hunting one day without his faithful hound who was unaccountably absent. On his return, Gelert - stained and smeared with blood - joyfully sprang to meet his master. The prince hastened to find his infant son, but found the cot empty and the floor covered with blood.

Assuming Gelert had been responsible for the death of his heir, the prince plunged his sword into the hound's side. The dog's dying yell was answered by a child's cry, and Llewellyn searched to find his boy unharmed, lying near the body of a mighty wolf that Gelert had killed.

Filled with remorse, the prince erected a stone in memory of his dog, at a spot called Bedd Gelert - 'the grave of Gelert'.

Type of Memorial: plaque Type of Animal: pet

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