Monument to 72nd Highlanders, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2283

Title

Monument to 72nd Highlanders, Edinburgh

Description

Obelisk monument to the 72nd Highlanders on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. Around the base of the monument is a wrought iron fence. Inscriptions are carved into the stone.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1885

Size

20.8 x 15.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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

Monuments to Ensign Ewart, Earl Haig, the Duke of York, and Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie are situated around the edges of Castle Esplanade. There are also memorials to those who died in the Boer War, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and the conflicts of 1878, 1879, and 1880 in Afghanistan (72nd Highlanders) .

Find out more about visiting Edinburgh Castle at Historic Environment Scotland.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Architecture > Monuments > Obelisks

Architecture > Monuments > War Memorials

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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