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Dalmeny
Town or City: Dalmeny
County: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM5189
Value of grant: £3450.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund
Year: 2015
UKNIWM reference number: 00000
The category C listed memorial consists of a Mercat cross surmounted on a hexagonal plinth raised on a three-stepped base. The memorial is located on the village green near Dalmeny Church.
In 2015 a grant of £35,190 was offered to eight different war memorials in Edinburgh for repair and conservation works. Following completion of the works in 2016 a grant of £27,600 was awarded as costs were lower than anticipated. This Showcase shows the grant paid for each grant as an eighth of the total cost, £3,450.
The works to Dalmeny memorial dealt with missing and cracked mortar across the memorial and the surrounds, biological growth which was holding water onto the surface of the stone and corrosion of bronze plaques due to weathering. To address these issues works were undertaken to appropriately clean the stone and bronze plaques. A wax was applied to the bronze to protect it. And defective joints were re-pointed in a lime mortar.
The memorial was erected in 1920 to commemorate the men of Dalmeny Parish who fell in World War I. Their names are listed on a bronze commemorative plaque.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM5189
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: Unknown
War Memorials Online: 71943
Further details of all the memorials which formed part of this project can be found by clicking the links below:
- Ratho (WM3321)
- Slateford (WM4159)
- Dalmeny (WM5189)
- Royal Scots Greys (WM7565)
- Duddingston (WM8854)
- Cannongate (WM9280)
- Newhaven (WM9281)
- South Queensferry (WM9282)
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
