Field Visit
Date 25 September 2002
Event ID 612872
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Standing figure of Robert the Bruce wearing chain mail armour, a tabard and cloak. He has a sword in a belt at his left hip and holds a shield, decorated with a lion rampant beside his right leg. On his head is a crown.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On bronze plaque within archway:
MEMORIAL TO BRUCE / ERECTED BY / THE CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH / UNDER CAPTAIN HUGH REID'S BEQUEST / UNVEILED 28TH MAY 1929 / THE Rt. Hon. SIR ALEXANDER STEVENSON / LORD PROVOST
Signatures : On base below statue:
THOS. J. CLAPPERTON / 1929
A.[ ? ] / FOUNDERS / LONDON
Unveiling details : 28 May 1929
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0488)