Memorial to the Heroes of the District

Memorial to the Heroes of the District is a memorial in Western Isles, Scotland. Memorial to the Heroes of the District is situated nearby to St Aula’s Church, as well as near Gress Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back and Coll.

Back

Village

Photo: peter knudssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Back is a district and a village in the parish of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay.

Coll

Village

Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coll is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, and is also within the parish of Stornoway.

Memorial to the Heroes of the District

Type: Memorial
Also known as: “Cuimhneachan air Gaisgich na Sgìre” and “Gress Raiders Memorial”
Category: historic site
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.2871° or 58° 17′ 14″ north

Longitude

-6.28419° or 6° 17′ 3″ west

Inception

1994

Operator

Cuimhneachain nan Gaisgeach

Open location code

9CCM7PP8+R8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 422730778

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=cairn

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Aula’s Church and Gress Cemetery.

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