A famous graffiti landmark near Llanrhystud has been bought by a new owner who has pledged to secure its future.

The Cofiwch Dryweryn mural on the A487 was almost destroyed on two separate occasions earlier this year, and has had to be rebuilt and repainted several times in the past few years.

Calls were made for the landmark, which translates as Remember Tryweryn, to be made more secure – with police installing CCTV at the site following the latest vandalism earlier this year.

A programme on S4C which airs tomorrow night - Huw Stephens: Cofiwch Dryweryn – announced that the mural has been sold to a new owner, who intends to protect it for the future.

The wall’s new owner, Dilys Davies, a clinical psychologist who spreads her time between London, Cardiff and west Wales, said: “I, like so many others, felt angry and hurt when the symbolic Cofiwch Dryweryn wall was damaged twice earlier this year.

“It led me to think of what I could do.

“For certain I could not run up to Llanrhystud late at night, climb over fences and repaint the wall, so I contacted Elin Jones to ask how I could help.”

Within a few days of Ms Davies contacting the Ceredigion AM, the owners of the wall had also contacted Ms Jones, expressing their interest in selling the land where the wall stands in order to safeguard it.

“Through an amazing coincidence I received a message from the farmers who owned the wall and Dilys who wanted to buy the wall within a few days of each other,” Ms Jones said.

“I arranged for us all to meet by the Tryweryn wall and within 10 minutes Dilys and the farmers had agreed on a price.

“My thanks go to the farmers who have looked after the wall for 50 years before transferring it to Dilys Davies who will now ensure its safety and how it is interpreted in the future.

“The Tryweryn wall is a message to spur us on to demand respect and freedom for our country.”

A charity will be set up to look after the wall, Dilys said.

“The wall will be transferred to a charity called Tro’r Trai whose purpose is to promote our Welsh language and culture,” she said.

“This will ensure a secure future for the wall, and the monument will be preserved by the charity for good.

“I would like to think that, although I own the wall, it belongs to all of us.”

The Cofiwch Dryweryn mural was originally painted in the 1960s by young nationalist Meic Stephens, in memory of the decision to drown the village of Capel Celyn near Bala in 1965 to create a reservoir for Liverpool City Council.

The S4C programme is presented by Mr Stephens’ son, the presenter and DJ Huw Stephens.

“The Cofiwch Dryweryn wall is an important part of our history, and for everybody in Wales,” he said.

“As a family we are very pleased that - thanks to Dilys - the wall is being put into the hands of a charity, to preserve it, so that what happened in Tryweryn will never be forgotten.”