Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial
Hillsborough War Memorial

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A Celtic cross bearing extensive knotwork on a short convex pedestal and on a square three-stepped base.
Title

Hillsborough War Memorial

Medium

Irish limestone

Accession number

BT26_AL_S025

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

B2 (Northern Ireland)

Unveiling date

13th May 1922

Listing date

29/06/92

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed at the top of the pedestal at the front: 1914-1919; and at the back: 1939-1945; and on the front of the pedestal: IN HONOUR OF / THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / FIGHTING FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS / IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND DEVOTION.

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Located at

Main Street, Hillsborough

BT26 6AE

Located at the northern end of Main Street, by the path to the church.