Monument to Earl Haig

Category

Library Item

Item no

2222

Title

Monument to Earl Haig

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1945

Size

10.9 x 14.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The bronze statue of Earl Douglas Haig, who was born in Edinburgh in 1861, was erected in 1923. Earl Haig was commander-in-chief of the British Army in France for most of World War 1, and co-founder of the Royal British Legion. In 2009 the statue was moved and now stands outside the National War Museum within Edinburgh Castle.

The Castle Esplanade is an area of open ground between Edinburgh Castle and Castlehill. The area is used for the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

Edinburgh Castle is perhaps the city's most famous landmark. It stands on top of the remaining core of an extinct volcano. Excavations suggest the site was inhabited by Bronze Age man as early as 900 BC, and was fortified by Iron Age man roughly 2000 years ago. The oldest part of the present day Castle is St Margaret's Chapel, built in the early 12th century. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.

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