What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blantyre, Blantyre High Cross, Blantyre Disaster Centenary Monument as Commemorative Monument (20th Century) (1977). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Blantyre High Cross and Blantyre Disaster Centenary Monument was built in 1977 to commemorate the centenary of the 1877 Blantyre mining disaster, one of Britain's worst mining accidents. It is a 20th-century commemorative monument dedicated to the 204 victims, particularly children, who died in the disaster, and serves as a local and national memorial to industrial tragedies.
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Places near here
BlantyreCist(s) (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned) · 171 yd
High BlantyreWell (period Unassigned) · 226 yd
Rotten Calder, MillheughLinen Mill (period Unassigned) · 889 yd
CrossbasketCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 1447 yd
David Livingstone StatueMemorial · 1459 yd
Blantyre, Glasgow Road, Livingstone Memorial ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 1478 yd
Auchentibber War MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
AuchentibberWood · 1.3 mi
Calderwood CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Blantyre, David Livingstone CentreNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
David Livingstone MuseumMuseum · 1.5 mi
Bothwell CastleNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi