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Reference WMO/144668

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Former Rowardennan Estate

Rowardennan

G63 0AR

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Park
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Grass
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Memorial Park with sculpture . Land and mountains, symbolised by a granite sculptural ring. Describing his winning sculpture which is made of Karin grey granite, Mr Cocker said: "The work comprises of a ring, three metres high, with a centred pyramid on its lower section. The pyramid's apex is just below human eye level. The work is a balance of space and solid, acting as a foil for the receding waters of the loch. "Its pyramid echoes the distant Ben Vorlich and the nearby Loch Lomond. The configuration of slabs confirm a sense of perspective, implying a vanishing point at and beyond the pyramid's apex. "The sculpture was designed to be sited on the small finger of land looking northward over the loch. Its configuration, context and backdrop very evidently invite looking through. It functions as a punctuation for the landscape in which it stands. "The forms of the sculpture have no intended symbolism. It is a formalist object, seeking to explore and exploit material, proportion, space, light and vision." The 12,370 acre Rowardennan Estate was originally bought (in lieu of death duties) for the nation in 1950 using money from the National Land Fund. the NLF had been set up in 1946 by Labour politician Hugh Dalton to buy land and property for the nation as a memorial for those who had died in the Second World War. Unfortunately by the time this estate had been bought the politics of the country had changed and instead of this land being used by ordinary people the land was given to the Scottish office who promptly gave it over to the Forestry Commission. The Fund also paid for the lodge which was given to the Scottish Youth Hostel Association, who still own it. In 1953 the forests became part of the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park In 1995 the Forestry Commission sold a large part of the estate to the National Trust and a partnership was formed along with the then Scottish office to manage the estate for the nation. Finally after 45 years the land was going to be used for the purpose it was bought for in 1950. For some reason it had to be bought again though and the National Heritage Memorial Fund (which replaced the NLF in 1980) bought the Rowardennan Estate for a second time for the nation. In 1996 the estate was renamed the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park and was a memorial to all those who died in the Second World War. (I don't know if it is for Scots, Britons or all dead, and I've read it includes WW1 as well but given the NLF money was for WW2 dead I have my doubts about it commemorating the First World War) On 11th November 1997 this memorial was unveiled by Donald Dewar MP. In 2002 the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park formed the core of the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park
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