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Edinburgh, West Princes Street Gardens, Memorial To Scottish Norwegian Training Areas

Commemorative Monument (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, West Princes Street Gardens, Memorial To Scottish Norwegian Training Areas

Classification Commemorative Monument (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Canmore ID 282353

Site Number NT27SE 5944

NGR NT 2505 7368

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282353

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

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Project (1997)

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Field Visit (4 October 2000)

A large boulder set on three smaller stones, inscribed with the above inscriptions, resting on a platform of flag stones.

Inscriptions : On the front (north side):

DURING THE WAR YEARS 1940 - 45 / THE NORWEGIAN BRIGADE AND OTHER ARMY UNITS / WERE RAISED AND TRAINED IN SCOTLAND / HERE WE FOUND HOSPITALITY, FRIENDSHIP / AND HOPE DURING DARK YEARS OF EXILE / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES / ON THESE ISLES THIS STONE WAS ERECTED / IN THE YEAR 1978.

On the back (south side) :

THIS BOULDER WAS BROUGHT HERE FROM NORWAY / WHERE IT WAS WORN AND SHAPED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS / BY FORCES OF NATURE - FROST, RUNNING WATER, ROCK, SAND AND ICE - / UNTIL IT OBTAINED ITS PRESENT SHAPE

Signatures : None

Design period : 1978

Year of unveiling : 1978

Unveiling details : 18 September 1978

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0177)

Photographic Survey (28 September 2006)

Large boulder with inscription, dedicated to the people of Scotland who had aided WWII Norweigan servicemen who trained in Scotland.

Photographed by the Threatened Buildings Survey as part of the wider survey of structures in Princes Street Gardens.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

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