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image captionThe Thomas Picton obelisk is on Picton Terrace in Carmarthen
A monument to war hero Sir Thomas Picton will have a sign added to reference his links to slavery.
Executive board members of Carmarthenshire council approved the move for the Grade II-listed obelisk in Picton Terrace, Carmarthen.
It said an information board would also be added to a portrait of him in the court room of the town s guildhall.
The new signage will also refer to his military valour and death at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
It follows recommendations from a council task and finish group set up to improve diversity and address racism.
Monument to war hero linked to slave trade to stay put in Carmarthen after public vote Robert Harries & Ian Lewis
A controversial monument in Carmarthen erected in honour of a British officer killed at the battle of Waterloo with links to the slave trade will not be removed or renamed, it has been decided. Picton Monument has stood in Picton Terrace in Carmarthen since 1888. However, a campaign was launched earlier this year to have the monument removed less than a day after a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters in Bristol.
A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the Tyrant of Trinidad will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into offensive statues.
The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888.
A campaign was launched to have the monument removed a day after the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and its dumping in Bristol harbour by Black Lives Matter protesters.
Reacting to demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in the US in May, Carmarthenshire Council set up a taskforce to review matters relating to racial inequality.