Location
Chapel of Garioch churchyard
Chapel of Garioch, Inverurie
OS Map Reference
NJ 716 242
Date
1919
Description
The Chapel of Garioch war memorial stands in the churchyard of the parish church. It commemorates the dead of both World War I & II. It is in the form of a Celtic crosshead of rough hewn granite in the centre of which is a carved wreath. The inscription and names for World War I are on the front of the memorial on a dressed surface. The base is formed of rough dressed boulders into the top of which is set a small block to commemorate the dead of World War II.
Era
1900s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Sites and Monuments Record www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/smr/
References: Aberdeen Daily Journal, ABERDEEN, Dec 11, 1919, p3
Categories
Iconography
- cross, Celtic
- laurel wreath
Photographer
- Michael Watt
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