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The war memorial consists of a freestanding clock tower which is over 50 feet high, with a skeleton cast iron clock dial, with on each of its four sides. It is built of local Clynelish sandstone in ashlar work. The clock tower is in a Scottish Baronial style. At the base of the tower there is an inset granite name tablet with names in lead lettering. The tablet is surmounted by a pediment which includes a bronze plaque bearing the words ‘The Great War, 1914-18’. The memorial is located on the road side in Brora overlooking the River Brora. 

In 2014 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £5,914 for repair and conservation work. The memorial faced a number of issues. At the clock dials the paint finish to the dial skeleton and hands was flaking and the previous replacement acrylic in the clock dials had discoloured and had been damaged over time. While the clock was still functioning work were required to keep the mechanism in use. The condition of the surrounding hard landscaping was in poor condition, past repair and re-pointing to the boundary walls had starting to fail. To address these issues specialist works to the clock mechanisms and dials were undertaken. At the boundary walls the crumbling cement based render and pointing was removed and the joints were repointed with a lime mortar. Repair works were also carried out to the memorials hard landscaping and the clock towers timber louvers. In addition a like for like replacement for the missing section of railing was fitted.

The Clyne war memorial was unveiled on Christmas Day 1922. A procession, marshalled by Lieut. D. Sutherland, of the Brora Section of the 4/5th Seaforth Highlanders, marched from the Drill Hall to the Memorial. When the procession arrived at the Memorial, the bells on the tower commenced to chime and 12 o'clock was sounded on the hour bell. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs Matheson who had lost a daughter, two sons and a son-in-law in the Great War.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3995
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 5918

War Memorials Online: 146014

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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