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War Memorial, Park Place, Thornton

A Category C Listed Building in Markinch, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.1654 / 56°9'55"N

Longitude: -3.1446 / 3°8'40"W

OS Eastings: 329017

OS Northings: 697560

OS Grid: NT290975

Mapcode National: GBR 2B.HFH5

Mapcode Global: WH6RN.N9SC

Plus Code: 9C8R5V84+55

Entry Name: War Memorial, Park Place, Thornton

Listing Name: Thornton, Park Place War Memorial

Listing Date: 1 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389316

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42998

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389316

Location: Markinch

County: Fife

Electoral Ward: Glenrothes Central and Thornton

Parish: Markinch

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Circa 1920. War Memorial of decorative cast iron gates, flanking ball finialled, square ashlar gatepiers and cast iron pedestrian gates to outer wings.

W ELEVATION: bronze plaques to each pier commemorate 1st World War ?1914 1919 KOSB?.

E ELEVATION: bronze plaques to each pier commemorate 2nd World War ?1939 1945? presumably added circa 1945.

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