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War Memorial, Kinghorn Road, Burntisland

A Category C Listed Building in Burntisland, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0605 / 56°3'37"N

Longitude: -3.2301 / 3°13'48"W

OS Eastings: 323500

OS Northings: 685976

OS Grid: NT235859

Mapcode National: GBR 27.Q09Q

Mapcode Global: WH6S0.CX3T

Plus Code: 9C8R3Q69+5X

Entry Name: War Memorial, Kinghorn Road, Burntisland

Listing Name: Kinghorn Road, War Memorial with Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 31 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 358520

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22851

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200358520

Location: Burntisland

County: Fife

Town: Burntisland

Electoral Ward: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Circa 1920, further inscribed with boundary wall memorial circa 1945. Celtic Cross War Memorial. 3 steps to low decorative cast-iron rail around 2-tier plinth with inscription at 1st stage and sunk panel at 2nd stage with The Great Michael over commemoration "To the glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of Burntisland who laid down their lives for their country in the Great Wars". Whole surmounted by Celtic Cross with wreath on raked base and sword with entwined banner on shaft dated 1914-1919. Names of fallen to N, E and W.

BOUNDARY WALL AND 2ND WORLD WAR MEMORIAL: low coped quadrant walls stepped up with moulded coping over commemorative tablet surmounting stone wreath to N, inscribed with names of 2nd World War dead.

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