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Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Echt, Echt Parish Church, Churchyard With War Memorial

Classification Burial Ground (Post Medieval), Churchyard (Post Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Echt War Memorial

Canmore ID 242172

Site Number NJ70NW 20.01

NGR NJ 73938 05639

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/242172

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View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

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View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

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General view from SE

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General view from SE

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

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General view from SE

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General view from SE

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

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View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

General view from SE

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General view from SE

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

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View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

SC 2546216

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

View full details

Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/8/2003

© Crown Copyright: HES

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

General view from SE

General view from SE

View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

General view from SE

View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

View of statue with inscription on base "To The Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of the Men From the Parish of Echt Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater Love Hath no Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends" from N

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

View of War Memorial and Cowdary Memorial from NE

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Administrative Areas

Council Aberdeenshire
Parish Echt
Former Region Grampian
Former District Gordon
Former County Aberdeenshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

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Kirkyard includes War Memorial, 1921, a bronze infantryman by William Macmillan atop a granite plinth; David Morris of Estate Office; and singular monument to Viscount Cowdray (d.1927), William Kelly, a superlative version of a Greek 'temenos' in rural Aberdeenshire: a vast granite sarcophagus with pediment and volutes guarded by lions atop obelisks.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

References

External Links

Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record

Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

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