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Title
Wallace Monument
Date
1900
Medium
red Peterhead granite
Measurements
H 610 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
G33_GB_S004
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Cross
Owner
Cadder Parish Council
Custodian
Cadder Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
4th August 1900
Listing date
15/12/70
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the shaft of the cross: IN / DEFENCE; top tier of the base: WALLACE / MCCCV; plaque on middle tier of base: "DICO TIBI VERUM LIBERTAS OPTIMA RERUM / NUNQUAM SERVILI SUB NEXU VIVITO FILI" / TAUGHT TO WALLACE IN HIS BOYHOOD; plaque at the base of the cross: + THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED 1900 AD / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IS TO MARK THE SITE / OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE HERO OF SCOTLAND / WAS BASELY BETRAYED AND CAPTURED ABOUT / MIDNIGHT ON 5TH AUGUST 1305 WHEN ALONE WITH / HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND AND CO-PATRIOT KERLIE / WHO WAS SLAIN. / WALLACE'S HEROIC PATRIOTISM / AS CONSPICUOUS IN HIS DEATH AS IN HIS LIFE / SO ROUSED AND INSPIRED HIS COUNTRY THAT / WITHIN NINE YEARS OF HIS BETRAYAL THE WORK / OF HIS LIFE WAS CROWNED WITH VICTORY AND / SCOTLAND'S INDEPENDENCE REGAINED ON THE / FIELD OF BANNOCKBURN.; right side, middle tier of the base: 'WE ARE NOT HERE TO SUE / FOR PEACE BUT TO FIGHT FOR THE / FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY' / WALLACE AT STIRLING BRIDGE; left side, middle tier of the base: "WHO DARED TO NOBLY / STEM TYRANNIC PRIDE / OR NOBLY DIE" / BURNS; plaque on an addition piece of polished granite at the foot of the cross: THIS STONE WAS PLACED / TO COMMEMORATE / THE 100th ANNIVERSARY / OF THE ROBROYSTON WALLACE / MONUMENT AUGUST 5th 2000 / THE SOCIETY OF WILLIAM WALLACE