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Title
Norwegian Brigade Stone
Date
1978
Medium
rock
Accession number
EH2_GB_S005
Acquisition method
gift from Norway
Work type
War memorial
Owner
City of Edinburgh Council
Custodian
City of Edinburgh Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on one side of the boulder: THIS BOULDER WAS BROUGHT HERE FROM NORWAY / WHERE IT WAS WORN AND SHAPED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS / BY FORCES OF NATURE, FROST, RUNNING WATER, ROCK SAND AND ICE / UNTIL IT OBTAINED ITS PRESENT SHAPE; one another side of the boulder: DURING THE WAR YEARS 1940-45 / THE NORWEGIAN BRIGADE AND OTHER UNITS / WERE RAISED AND TRAINED IN SCOTLAND / HERE WE FOUND HOSPITALITY, FRIENDSHIP, / AND HOPE DURING DARK YEARS OF EXILE / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES / ON THESE ISLES THIS STONE WAS ERECTED / IN THE YEAR 1978
Princes Street Gardens West, Edinburgh
EH2 3AA
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