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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:
Save 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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Inventory of American Sculpture
NC000088
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