Field Visit
Date 4 October 2000
Event ID 612540
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612540
A large boulder set on three smaller stones, inscribed with the above inscriptions, resting on a platform of flag stones.
Inscriptions : On the front (north side):
DURING THE WAR YEARS 1940 - 45 / THE NORWEGIAN BRIGADE AND OTHER ARMY UNITS / WERE RAISED AND TRAINED IN SCOTLAND / HERE WE FOUND HOSPITALITY, FRIENDSHIP / AND HOPE DURING DARK YEARS OF EXILE / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES / ON THESE ISLES THIS STONE WAS ERECTED / IN THE YEAR 1978.
On the back (south side) :
THIS BOULDER WAS BROUGHT HERE FROM NORWAY / WHERE IT WAS WORN AND SHAPED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS / BY FORCES OF NATURE - FROST, RUNNING WATER, ROCK, SAND AND ICE - / UNTIL IT OBTAINED ITS PRESENT SHAPE
Signatures : None
Design period : 1978
Year of unveiling : 1978
Unveiling details : 18 September 1978
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0177)
