Glenluce, War Memorial Old Luce, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Glenluce, War Memorial has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 353691 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 19365
- Canmore ID
- 196898
- Category
- C
- Name
- Glenluce, War Memorial
- Parish
- Old Luce
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Easting
- 220133
- Northing
- 557610
- Date Listed
- 3 August 1993
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Circa 1919. Squat obelisk war memorial. Granite ashlar. Bull-faced granite plinte, curved at base of obelisk. Polished granite panels advanced from each face. Panel to N inscribed "Erected to the memory and in honour of the mem connected with the parish of Old Luce who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919"; panels to remaining 3 faces inscribed with names. Panel to N of curved base inscribed "And in World War 1939 - 1945", with names. Small wreaths to each face near apex. Low concrete coped rubble enclosures.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The War Memorial was formerly situated south-west of Glenluce, on the Glenluce to Stairhaven road.
