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Reference WMO/120358

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St Magnus Cathedral

Broad Street

Kirkwall

KW15 1NX

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Lychgate
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Northern Ireland
About the memorial: Classically-detailed ceremonial archway to graveyard formed of unpolished pink granite. Dedication and city crest carved in relief above arch, surmounted by a statue of an angel holding a torch. Wreaths carved in relief to left and right of arch containing dates 1914 and 1919; names inscribed in polished pink granite relief on buttresses below these. Flanking archway are two flagstone rubble pillars with pink granite plaques inset: upper plaques are carved wreaths containing dates (1939 and 1945); lower plaques contain names in polished pink granite relief.Decorative iron gates within archway, painted grey.
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