Detail of entrance Digital image of B 76523
SC 794096
Description Detail of entrance Digital image of B 76523
Date 21/8/1992
Catalogue Number SC 794096
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 76523
Scope and Content Entrance to War Memorial, Memorial Avenue, Stornoway, Lewis, Western Isles This is the entrance to the war memorial which commemorates the people from Lewis who gave their lives during World War I. The arched doorway is between two buttresses. The tower was designed by J Hinton Gall and dates to 1922-4. On the ground floor of the memorial tower there is a 6m-high vaulted room. Until 1975 a series of 23 plaques commemorating the 1,527 local people who died during both World Wars were displayed inside the memorial tower. Recently, the plaques have been restored and are now displayed outside the tower. Lewis and Harris are both parts of the same island, collectively known as 'the Long Island', which is the most northerly in the Outer Hebrides. Together they are about 95km in length and around 32km at the widest point. Most of Lewis is quite low-lying, whereas Harris is mountainous. Stornoway is situated on the east coast of Lewis and is the only major town in the Western Isles. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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