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Latitude: 57.6483 / 57°38'53"N
Longitude: -3.3225 / 3°19'20"W
OS Eastings: 321162
OS Northings: 862809
OS Grid: NJ211628
Mapcode National: GBR L85H.SWN
Mapcode Global: WH6JD.Y112
Plus Code: 9C9RJMXH+82
Entry Name: Duke Of Gordon Monument, Lady Hill, Elgin
Listing Name: High Street, Lady Hill, Duke of Gordon Monument
Listing Date: 20 August 1981
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371895
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30775
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200371895
Location: Elgin
County: Moray
Town: Elgin
Electoral Ward: Elgin City South
Traditional County: Morayshire
Tagged with: Monument
William Burn, architect, Edinburgh, 1839. 80 feet high
Roman Doric column with later (1854-5) statue of Duke of
Gordon in robes of Chancellor of Marischall College
Aberdeen. Sculptor, Thomas Goodwillie; architect
(1854-5), Mackenzie and Mathews, Elgin. Stepped plinth;
cast-iron spearhead railings with iron stiffeners enclose
monument.
Plaque records that monument was erected in memory of
George, 5th (and last) Duke of Gordon by public subscription.
Following a bequest by Alexander Craig of Craigton
and members of the Morayshire Farmers CLub, the statue
was added in 1855, designed by Handyside Ritchie and carved
by Thomas Goodwillie of Elgin. The Duke is portrayed wearing
the robes of Chancellor of Marischall College, Aberdeen.
William Burn gave his architectural services free of
charge.
Former Item 90 (1981 Revised List).
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