Description

Sir Robert Lorimer, 1922. White granite celtic high cross with sword
in low relief on shaft. Plinth with double base course, also in white
granite, with inset grey granite inscribed slab. Cross set in semi-
octagonal enclosure, approached by shallow steps, with snecked rubble
enclosing wall. Base course, battered cope, name panels inset on
3 sides, with roll-moulded rybats and lintols.

Statement of Interest

Unveiled by Earl Haig. Cross and shaft blown down 1968, restored 1985 on initiative of Dr Robin Evetts. Lorimer was a noted designer of war memorials. The memorial is set into the boundary wall of St Andrews Cathedral.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804233

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)