Field Visit
Date 7 August 2003
Event ID 613446
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613446
Celtic cross carved with a coat of arms (top), composed of a saltire and book; a circle (in the left arm of the cross); a cross in a circle (centre) and a lion rampant (in the right arm of the cross). Below the central circle are two stars and a wheatsheaf; on the shaft of the cross is a long sword decorated with scrolls. At the bottom of the shaft is the date 1899 above a sailing ship.
Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy
Inscriptions : On tiered plinth supporting cross (raised letters): IN SACRED MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW GILBERT WAUCHOPE / OF NIDDRIE MARISCHAL, / WHO FELL IN BATTLE AT MAGERSFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA, / 11TH DECEMBER 1899 / WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE. / ERECTED BY THE MINERS OF NIDDRIE, THE TENANTS OF NIDDRIE / ESTATE, AND BY OTHER FRIENDS, BY WHOM HE WAS MUCH BELOVED
Signatures : None
Design period : 1899-1900
Year of unveiling : 1900
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0923)
