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War Memorial, Land Street, Keith

A Category B Listed Building in Keith, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5432 / 57°32'35"N

Longitude: -2.9515 / 2°57'5"W

OS Eastings: 343139

OS Northings: 850745

OS Grid: NJ431507

Mapcode National: GBR M82S.GN6

Mapcode Global: WH7L3.MNQM

Plus Code: 9C9VG2VX+79

Entry Name: War Memorial, Land Street, Keith

Listing Name: Land Street, War Memorial

Listing Date: 24 March 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 380258

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35634

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200380258

Location: Keith

County: Moray

Town: Keith

Electoral Ward: Keith and Cullen

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Sir George Washington Browne, 1919. War memorial in 2
sections enclosed by low coped wall. All polished ashlar.
At rear square ashlar plinth, with low wall at back, supports
bronze figure of Highland soldier; shallow steps. At front,
low rectangular cenotaph with flanking walls fronted by
shallow shaped steps. Cenotaph in form of rectangular chest
with stepped blocks above, upper with wreath and swag frieze,
inscribed bronze panels and wreath below.
Simple cast-iron railings on low surrounding tooled rubble
walls to rectangular site; entrances in each face flanked by
simple ashlar gatepiers with shaped or pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

Memorial unified by garden. Additional inscribed plaques

commemorate dead of 1939-45 war.

Memorial sited at junction of Land Street and Church Road.

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