CLAN CAMPBELL

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 15 June 1933, Page 2

CLAN CAMPBELL

AVAR MEMORIAL BELFRY

iSotsingn ail over the world have jontributed for the erection of a belfry tower at Inverary, in which are hung ten hells as a memorial to those of the Clan Campbell who fell in the Great War. The work is now almost completed. The massive stone tov 7 er is 126 feet high to the battlements, and the turrent containing a • -winding stair is 1.38 feet to its apex. The tower contains a proper ringing chamber with the ropes arranged circle-wise. On the ground floor there is a keyboard so the bells may be chimed, if necessary, by one person. Above the ringing enamor, which enables the ringers below to hear each bell, and above this again is the belfry itself, with great louvrec windows from which the sound waves break forth. Each bell is dedicated to. and bears the name of one of the ancient Celtic sauits. The plan was first formed in 1914, the bells were cast in 1920, and the foundation stone of the belfry wa.s laid by the Duke of Argyll in 1924. . The erection of this memorial nas been made possible by contributions of about £BOOO from all parts of the world. It will house the record of all members of Clan Campbell who fell m the Great AVar, and particulars should he forwarded at once to the Duke of Argyll. Although the belfry is almost completed, a small sum is still needed before the hallowing and consecration of the bells and belfry can take place.