Edinburgh, Redford Road, Covenanters' Monument

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Monument made of four engaged Ionic columns, taken from a colonnade in front of the old medical building of William Adam's Royal Infirmary. Above the columns is an entablature, and a pyramid cap topped by a weathercock.

A related stone slab stands next to the monument, carved with a lengthy inscription.

The monument was built c.1884 for R. A. Macfie of Dreghorn, the owner of Redford House. It is composed of four engaged Ionic columns from Wiliam Adam's Royal Infirmary which was demolished in 1884.

Inscriptions : On the four sides of the top of the monument (incised letters):

ROMANS / CROMWELL 1650 / COVENANTERS 1666 / CHARLES 1748

Signatures : None

Design period : c. 1738

Year of unveiling : 1884

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0381)

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