Royal Scots Greys Monument, Princes Street Gardens

Category

Library Item

Item no

26807

Title

Royal Scots Greys Monument, Princes Street Gardens

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2012

Type

Digital image

The Royal Scots Greys Monument is a mounted equestrian bronze statue on a Pardovian rock faced stone plinth, sculpted by William Bernie Rhind and unveiled in 1906, positioned opposite Frederick Street. The statue depicts a Royal Scots Greys trooper in the uniform worn during the Boer War 1899-1902. There are plaques commemorating the fallen in the Boer and two world wars.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Princes Street Gardens

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Royal Scots Greys Monument

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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