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Ferguson, Douglas,
Ethnic -- Scottish
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Linville
Sculpture
Scottish Memorial Cairn, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Ferguson, Douglas, sculptor.
Title:
Scottish Memorial Cairn, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated July 13, 1980.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Memorial: native stone, with polished Scottish stones set in concrete; Base: boulder.
Dimensions:
Memorial: approx. H. 105 in. x W. 104 in.
Description:
A memorial cairn (a heap of stones) with a tablet set into each of its four sides. Polished stones are inset into the tablets.
Subject:
Ethnic
--
Scottish
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
North
Carolina
--
Linville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Grandfather Mountain, Inc., U. S. Highway 221, P. O. Box 129,
Linville
,
North
Carolina
28646
Located MacRae Meadow, Grandfather Mountain,
Linville
,
North
Carolina
Remarks:
Dedicated on the 25th anniversary of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, the largest Scottish highland games and gathering of clans in
North
America. Each participating clan or society provided a polished stone from their homeland. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque, which lists all the clans and societies represented.
References:
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Outdoor
Sculpture
,
North
Carolina
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NC000088
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NC000088
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