Black Watch Monument, Mound

Category

Library Item

Item no

51786

Title

Black Watch Monument, Mound

Artist / maker

Magee, Gregg

Date

2021

Type

Digital image

Construction of the Mound was begun in the 1760's by the tailor George Boyd to give him better access to his New Town clients from his Old Town shop. Large amounts of waste material from the development of New Town was added to 'Geordie Boyd's Mud Brig' creating a substantial link road. Further more formal development of the Mound begun in 1825 following the foundation of the Royal Institution at its foot.

The Black Watch Memorial was erected in 1910 to remember the bravery of the men who died during combat in the Boer War of 1899-1902.

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