Bothal War Memorial

The Bothal War Memorial is a sandstone structure commemorating the fallen from both World Wars. It features a cross mounted on a tapering pedestal with a rectangular plinth, all placed on a stone cairn. The cross is adorned with Celtic interlace carvings on the head and central part of the shaft, with an outer fret and rolled rope motif edging.

The front of the pedestal lists 35 names of those who died in the First World War, along with the inscription "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THESE, WHO IN THE GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR LIVES, FOR US AT HOME." The side of the pedestal includes 22 names from the Second World War, accompanied by the inscription "TO THE MEMORY OF THESE, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR."

Historically, the local Vicar, who lost his son in the First World War, planted a tree on either side of the memorial. To the left stands a weeping ash, symbolizing the tears of the bereaved, and to the right is a maple that turns red in November, representing the blood of the fallen.