PLANS are being drawn up to renovate and protect an iconic wall near Aberystwyth that has been the target of vandals over the years.

The plans include strengthening, enlarging and repainting the wall, and to explain its history at the site.

A meeting has been held at Llanrhystud hall, where “exciting” plans to renovate and protect the iconic ‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’ wall on the outskirts of the village were discussed.

The meeting was held by local AM Elin Jones, who last year connected the wall’s former owners with Dilys Davies, who was keen to buy it and to protect it for the future. The sale to Mrs Davies was completed in July last year.

Those present at the meeting included the local county councillor Rowland Rees-Evans, representatives of the community council, the local school, as well as the owner of the wall, and one of the volunteers who repainted the wall after last year’s damage, Elfed Wyn Jones.

The new owner has asked Nathan Goss of Aberarth, to manage the conservation scheme to protect the wall. Nathan has worked in building conservation for many years, including working for the National Trust at the Llanerchaeron Estate.

The meeting heard of plans to rebuild the wall. Over the years, the wall has been significantly reduced in size, partly due to the weather. Plans are therefore underway to strengthen the wall, to paint it again and to explain its history at the site.

Elin Jones AM said: “Naturally, many people throughout Wales and beyond are very interested in the memorial to Tryweryn.

“At the meeting, it was agreed that work would begin shortly to protect and present the history of the wall, as well as clearing the surrounding site of the trees whose roots are undermining the structural integrity of the wall.

“The wall will be rebuilt closer to its size when it was originally painted in the 1960s, using the fallen stones which still lie at the site.

Following the conservation work, a local artist will be working with the children of Ysgol Myfenydd to paint the wall once again with its iconic design. The intention is that an interpretation board will be put in place to tell the story of Tryweryn and the wall.”