Dugald Stewart Monument

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Photo: Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Year

1831

Artist

William Henry Playfair

Type

public art

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The Dugald Stewart Monument crowns a rocky shelf on Calton Hill, a small circular Greek temple set to be seen against the sky from Princes Street below. It was raised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in memory of Dugald Stewart, the Univer …

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