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Latitude: 56.1259 / 56°7'33"N
Longitude: -3.125 / 3°7'30"W
OS Eastings: 330159
OS Northings: 693149
OS Grid: NT301931
Mapcode National: GBR 2B.L5VJ
Mapcode Global: WH6RV.Z913
Plus Code: 9C8R4VGF+9X
Entry Name: War Memorial, Townhead, Dysart
Listing Name: Dysart, Westport and Townhead, War Memorial with Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 26 March 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392447
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45515
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392447
Location: Kirkcaldy
County: Fife
Town: Kirkcaldy
Electoral Ward: Kirkcaldy East
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: War memorial
1920. Obelisk War Memorial. Droved ashlar. Octagonal 3-stepped, base giving way to rusticated plinth and set-back, single stage pedestal with chamfered angles, and bronze 'ROLL OF HONOUR' plaque to each face, surmounted by inscribed band course 'THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919'. Octagonal shaft with moulded base, decorative band and carved cap with 'Lion of Scotland' to N and S, Dysart coat-of-arms 'Tree' to E and W.
BOUNDARY WALLS: semicircular-coped rubble boundary walls.
The War Memorial was unveiled by the Earl of Rosslyn on 20th November, 1920.
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