Aberdeenshire HER - NO29SE0057 - DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG GOTHA MEMORIAL CROSS, BALMORAL CASTLE

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NameDUKE OF SAXE-COBURG GOTHA MEMORIAL CROSS, BALMORAL CASTLE
NRHE Card No.NO29SW50
NRHE Numlink 199141
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 51471
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details Memorial cross, erected in 1900-01 by the Duke's mother, Queen Victoria, in the short interval between the death of her son in 1900 and her own demise. It is a granite Celtic Cross memorial to Alfred Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh. There is a battered pedestal with an inscription and cross above, carved with Celtic guilloche, and sited in an enclosure fenced with fine, wrought-iron hoop railings. It is a partner memorial of the Monument to Princess Alice, the Duke's sister (NO29SW0046), and was designed before the Celtic cross became a ubiquitous choice for memorials after the First World War.
Last Update21/10/2020
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
MEMORIALSCROSSCELTICA100
MONUMENTSMEMORIAL B100