National Monument of Scotland
The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. This memorial commemorates the Scottish soldiers who died fighting in the Napoleonic Coalition Wars.
The memorial was designed to liken the Parthenon in Athens, where construction started in 1826 but this was ceased in 1829 due to lack of funds. This situation led to the memorial having various negative nicknames.
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Source
- Text: Lennard Bolijn
- Photos: Lennard Bolijn
Nearby
Museum
- Royal Scots Regimental Museum - Edinburgh
- National War Museum Scotland - Edinburgh
- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum - Edinburgh
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Admiral Horatio Nelson - Edinburgh
- Memorial American Civil War - Edinburgh
- War Memorial William Younger’s Brewery - Edinburgh
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves New Calton - Edinburgh
- Commonwealth War Graves Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery - Edinburgh
- Grave of Ensign Charles Ewart - Edinburgh
Fortification
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