National Monument of Scotland

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Year

1829

Artist

William Henry Playfair

Type

public art

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The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, is Scotland's national memorial to the Scottish soldiers and sailors who died fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. It was intended, according to the inscription, to be "A Memorial …

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