Relocated war memorial statue in Walkerburn
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Relocated war memorial statue in Walkerburn
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 2 May 2019
A casual drive along the A72 past the garden seen here would have one thinking that a war memorial was also being passed, but not so. The bronze statue of a soldier with 'reversed arms' was indeed part of the Walkerburn memorial until 1998 but on 9th. August that year it was stolen! A new statue, similar but taller was commissioned and put in place. However in February 2000 this original statue was 'found' and after renovation was placed at this site. The bell has nothing to do with the war memorial; it came from the Walkerburn Mill where it was used to signal times. All of this information and more is on the bronze plate to the right of 'The Wee Man'.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.623777
Longitude
-3.019299