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Latitude: 55.7791 / 55°46'44"N
Longitude: -4.8595 / 4°51'34"W
OS Eastings: 220762
OS Northings: 657679
OS Grid: NS207576
Mapcode National: GBR 31.8SDJ
Mapcode Global: WH2N7.B05G
Plus Code: 9C7QQ4HR+J5
Entry Name: Battle Of Largs Monument, Largs
Listing Name: Largs Battle Monument ("the Pencil")
Listing Date: 14 April 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 382200
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37177
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Largs Pencil
ID on this website: 200382200
Location: Largs
County: North Ayrshire
Town: Largs
Electoral Ward: North Coast and Cumbraes
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Monument
J Sandyford Kay of Glasgow, architect. Erected 1912. Tall
pencil tower, with slight batter. Snecked rough whinstone,
with ashlar doorway, window dressings and conical slate
roof; decorative round-headed door above ground level,
splayed jambs with figure on each and crucifix above. Arch
flanked by plain ashlar blocks. Beaked grotesque beasts
flank base of door. Square ashlar plaque over door inscribed
"Memorial - Battle of Largs 1263". Cobbled walkway round
base.
Based on the round towers of Brechin and Abernethy. The
doorway is an exact copy of that at Brechin.
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