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Reference WMO/264419

Address:

St Moluag's Episcopal Church

Eoropie/Eoropaidh, Isle of Lewis

HS1 0XB

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Celtic cross with decorative carving on two-stepped bases on which are inscriptions in Gaelic and English. The biblical quotation is taken from Revelations 2:7. Unveiled 26 August 1918 by Lord Leverhulme. Cleaned, inscription recut and memorial restored at unknown date c 1996-2003. The English translation of the Gaelic inscription was added then- refer the Stornoway Gazette 21 November 1996 and 15 May 2003
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DON'N TI A BHUADHAICHEAS BHEIR MISE R'A ITHEADH DE CHRAOIBH NA BATHA. A THA ANN AM MEADHON PHARRAISDHE/ THA A CHROIS SEO AIR A CUR SUAS CHUM GLOIR DHE, AGUS MAR CHUIMNEACHAN AIR FIR LEODHAIS A THUIT ANN AN COGADH MOR NA H-EORPD / TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD/THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LEWIS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF EUROPE

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