Low Fell, Durham Road, South African War Memorial

HER Number:
8260

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Low Fell, Durham Road, South African War Memorial

Place:
Low Fell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Dated 1903. Tall, rusticated stone plinth on square base. Stone figure in field uniform. On bottom cill two signatures, one illegible, the other: MORRISON. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2573

Northing:
6028

Grid Reference:
NZ25736028

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/76; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 48; Gateshead Council Local List; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 62; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) L61.01; Gateshead Post 27 January 1967