Raasay and Rona

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Reference WMO/230621

Address:

The Village Street

Suisinish, Isle of Raasay

IV40 8NX

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial has an overall height of approximately 16 feet. It has a rectangular base finished in a fine limestone pebble dash, which is splayed on all four sides to a second block of polished grey granite. This carries the body of a polished grey obelisk of Aberdeen granite. The memorial is on the seaward side of the road The names of the fallen are on the southeast (First World War) and northeast (Second World War) faces, inscribed in lead cut letters. The finial is a single slender block of the same grey granite tapering to a pyramidal point.. Restored 2017 by Loch Dubh Masonry of Strathcarron. The memorial has inscriptions of 22 names for WW1 and 6 names for WW2. The memorial which was paid by public subscription, was sculpted and erected by D & A Davidson of Academy Street, Inverness. The memorial was unveiled by David T Munro of Suisinish in April 1920.
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6 o'clock face-THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ In Memoriam/[names] 3 o'clock face-ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/[names]

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