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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Birsay And Harray
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY22NW 66 22659 25170

For (associated) wreck of HMS Hampshire, see HY22NW 8001.

Activities

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.

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