Torphins War Memorial

Torphins War Memorial

Location

Torphins war memorial stands at the entrance to the War Memorial Hospital in the NE of Torphins village.
Torphins, Kincardine

Date

1922

Description

The memorial is a simple erect large slab of granite around the base of which is built a low wall of rough hewn granite. The plaques bearing the names are built into the wall on either side of the block and at the base of it. The memorial seems to quote the styles of the areas neolithic past, having resonances of both a megalithic standing stone and a burial cairn. It was erected 11 June 1922

Era

1900s

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Photographer

  • David Watson Hood

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