War Memorial, Cairnhill, Rosehearty

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 23/05/1990 Local Authority Aberdeenshire Planning Authority Aberdeenshire Burgh Rosehearty NGR NJ 93194 66879 Coordinates 393194, 866879 — Dated 1914-1919. Square battered 3-stage tower. Tooled granite rubble, bullfaced dressings. Round-headed blocked entrance to N face with datestone above approached by flight of steps; small square windows in 1st stage, E and W elevations and in all upper stage elevations; corniced wallhead with waterspout in centre of each side; very shallow pyramidal roof. Frontage enclosed by low coped concrete walls; entrance flanked by concrete gatepiers with pyramidal caps, the letter B on left pier and L on right. — Memorial stands on prominent rise above the Rosehearty and was intended as a landmark for shipping, carrying on a local tradition already established at Mounthooley (the holy mount) where the dovecot tower is a landmark. The doorway leads to a ground floor 'shrine' in which inscribed marble plaques recorded the names of those killed in the 1914-1919 war. These plaques have now been removed to Rosehearty church and all openings sealed. Red polished granite panel above door inscribed 1914-1919.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.