Memorial
National Memorial for Scotland WW2
Current Location
Exact location not known but Rowardennan is a tiny place, any visitor will be able to get exact directions locally, Rowardennan, Stirling, Central Scotland, Scotland
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- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 86145
- Description
- Land and mountains, symbolised by a granite sculptural ring. Describing his winning sculpture which is made of Karin grey granite, Mr Cocker said: "The work comprises of a ring, three metres high, with a centred pyramid on its lower section. The pyramid's apex is just below human eye level. The work is a balance of space and solid, acting as a foil for the receding waters of the loch. "Its pyramid echoes the distant Ben Vorlich and the nearby Loch Lomond. The configuration of slabs confirm a sense of perspective, implying a vanishing point at and beyond the pyramid's apex. "The sculpture was designed to be sited on the small finger of land looking northward over the loch. Its configuration, context and backdrop very evidently invite looking through. It functions as a punctuation for the landscape in which it stands. "The forms of the sculpture have no intended symbolism. It is a formalist object, seeking to explore and exploit material, proportion, space, light and vision." The 12,370 acre Rowardennan Estate was originally bought (in lieu of death duties) for the nation in 1950 using money from the National Land Fund. The NLF had been set up in 1946 by Labour politician Hugh Dalton to buy land and property for the nation as a memorial for those who had died in the Second World War. The Fund also paid for the lodge which was given to the Scottish Youth Hostel Association, who still own it. In 1953 the forests became part of the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and in 1995 the Forestry Commission sold a large part of the estate to the National Trust and a partnership was formed along with the then Scottish office to manage the estate for the nation. The National Heritage Memorial Fund (which replaced the NLF in 1980) bought the Rowardennan Estate for a second time for the nation. In 1996 the estate was renamed the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park and was a memorial to all those who died in the Second World War. In 2002 the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park formed the core of the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.
- Inscription
- [NONE]
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker(s)
Doug Cocker, Sculptor
- Costs
- £60,000
Ceremonies
Unveiled
11 November 1997
The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Right Honourable Donald Dewar MP
Opened
11 November 1997
The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Right Honourable Donald Dewar MP
Components
- Land
Condition: Good
- Sculpture
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
- From http://www.publicartscotland.com/archives/75-National-Memorial National Memorial The National Trust for Scotland Sep 1996 to May 1997 Ben Lomand National Park, Argyll & Bute www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1997/11/1bcd537f-eaff-469b-baaa-d239f0472582
- From the Scottish Government website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1997/11/1bcd537f-eaff-469b-baaa-d239f0472582