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Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel, Statue
Statue (20th Century)
Site Name Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel, Statue
Classification Statue (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scapa Flow
Canmore ID 2367
Site Number HY40SE 26.01
NGR HY 48763 00594
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2367
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Holm
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY40SE 26.01 48763 00594
Formerly entered as HY40SE 14.
For 'Italian Chapel' see HY40SE 26.00 and Prisoner-of -war camp see HY40SE 28
Statue, mounted horseman on a pedestal showing St George slaying the dragon.
Inscription: ' P di C
Italiani
li 7-8-1943'
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 2000.
Field Visit (May 1979)
Beside approach to Italian Chapel. Equestrian statue of
George and Dragon, on pedestal, dated 7-8-1943, erected by
Italian prisoners of war. The whole is of concrete, the statue
being tinted green to suggest bronze.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) May 79, OR 451.
See refs to .... OR 451.
