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Marwick Head, Kitchener Memorial
Commemorative Monument (20th Century)
Site Name Marwick Head, Kitchener Memorial
Classification Commemorative Monument (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Kitchener Memorial
Canmore ID 74472
Site Number HY22NW 66
NGR HY 22659 25170
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74472
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22NW 66 22659 25170
For (associated) wreck of HMS Hampshire, see HY22NW 8001.
Oic_project (1 January 2014 - 14 May 2015)
A project undertaken during 2014 and early 2015 to catalogue and describe all of Orkney's war memorials.
Field Visit (12 March 2014)
Square-based flagstone rubble tower with inset plaque carrying leaded lettering. Ornamental crenellations around parapet. Rests on concrete base. Access via footpath from car park at Cumlaquoy.
