Description

Circa 1914.
Tall rubble-built monument to S R Crockett, writer and local
historian. 3-stage square-plan memorial; base of squared
mortared rubble supports tall squared rubble pillar with
polished granite tablet. Cornice/corbel-course of bull-nosed
granite over 2nd stage; 3rd stage rises to solid arched dome.

Statement of Interest

Inscribed 'to the memory of Samuel Rutherford Crockett author

of the Raiders and other tales of Galloway, a native of this

parish, 24 September 1860 - 16 April 1914...'

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56614847

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey