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Monument to 72nd Highlanders, Edinburgh
Inglis, Alexander Adam , 1885, Photograph
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Monument to 72nd Highlanders, Edinburgh
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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
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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) .
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