Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Mid Harlaw, north of Inverurie
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- 15th Century Wars (1400-1499)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1911
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57107
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Current location
Battlefield of Harlaw
on minor road west of Balhalgardy
turn west off the roundabout at the B9001/B9170
Mid Harlaw
north of Inverurie
Gordon
Grampian
AB51 5DN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 75149 24076
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Six-sided pillar made of red and grey stone with stepped, pointed top set on gravel standing. Projections halfway up at each angle.
- Inscription
- Around top of pillar: TO THE MEMORY OF (...) (Exact inscription unknown) Side one: HARLAW/ JULY 24/ A.D. 1411 Side two: ERECTED BY THE/ BURGH OF ABERDEEN/ A.D. 1911/ ADAM MAITLAND/ LORD PROVOST.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 15th Century Wars (1400-1499)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- 15th Century Wars (1400-1499)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Pillar
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- More about the Battle-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlaw
- Photograph (on Geograph)- www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5312999
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