WORK to conserve the Trawsfynydd home of a famous Welsh poet who lost his life in the First World War is progressing well.

Yr Ysgwrn, the home of Hedd Wyn, has now been cleared of furniture, wallpaper and carpets and work on the new shed and piggery are nearly complete.

The Beudy Ty is being re-roofed and the work of converting Y Beudy Llwyd into a welcome centre began at the beginning of the month.

Born Ellis Humphrey Evans, Hedd Wyn (whose bardic name translates as Blessed Peace) wrote prose which focuses on the effects of the First World War on Trawsfynydd and the landscape of rural Wales.

The Grade II-listed cottage, originally built in the 1830s, had served the Evans family for several generations, but is now used to remember Hedd Wyn.

Since the end of the First World War, tens of thousands have made their way to Meirionnydd to pay tribute to the Welsh bard and study the property where he grew up.

Not only does the house represent Hedd Wyn’s roots, it also typifies the important period of social, cultural and agricultural change for north Wales at the turn of the 20th century.

See the full story in this week’s Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News