Morar, Iron Cross
Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Morar, Iron Cross
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 333522
Site Number NM69SE 30
NGR NM 67895 92801
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/333522
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
External Reference (22 November 2013)
A steel cross on small hill above Morar village.
'THE CROSS
ORIGINAL CROSS OF WOOD, TWENTY FEET HIGH. WAS ERECTED HERE AND BLESSED BY
RT REV ANGUS MACDONALD
BISHOP OF ARGYLL AND THE ISLES
IN COMMEMORATION OF 'A VERY SUCCESSFUL MISSION' BY
REDEMPTRIST FATHERS, ON SUNDAY TWENTY FIRST JULY 1898.
THE CHURCH DEDISCATED TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR AND SAINT CUMIN,
UNDERTAKEN BY LADY LOVAT UPON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND WHOSE WISH IT
WAS TO PROVIDE A PROPER CHURCH FOR COMMUNITY, HAD BEEN COMPLETED
AND DEDICATED EARLIER ON THURSDAY SECOND MAY 1889.
CROSS HAS BEEN RENEWED SEVERAL TIMES WITH PRESENT ONE OF IRON BEING ERECTED
IN 1965 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF PARISHIONERS UNDER CANON JAMES GALBRAITH.'
Information from M Briscoe, 22 November 2013
