Contractor Hunter & Clark Moving 8 Tonne Lintel Stone

Category

Library Item

Item no

17732

Title

Contractor Hunter and Clark with conservation architect Alan Marshall moving 8 tonne lintel stone which had moved 10cm at one end due to "freeze thaw", National Monument

Description

Scaffolding surrounds two columns of the National Momument pictured against a blue sky. Four workmen work at the top of the structure whilst another man leans against the scaffold and watches from the left. All of the men wear high visibility jackets and hard hats.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2008

Type

Digital image

Calton Hill is situated at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It rises to a height of 108 metres and is another of the city's hills created by volcanic activity. Several monuments stand on the hill. Most prominent amongst these are the Nelson Monument, built in the shape of a telescope, and the unfinished National Monument, modelled on the Parthenon in Athens. The National Monument is situated on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It was intended to be a grand memorial to the Scots killed in the Napoleonic Wars. It was to be a facsimile of the Parthenon in Athens, and would have functioned as a church. The collection of subscriptions began in 1822, and C. R. Cockerell and William H. Playfair were employed to work on the project. Funds were exhausted by 1829, and the monument has remained unfinished, leading to it sometimes being referred to as 'Edinburgh's disgrace'.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Lintels

Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing equipment > Scaffolding

People > Industry > Construction workers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton Hill

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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Contractor Hunter & Clark moving 8 tonne lintel stone