View of Scott Monument from south
SC 1525933
Description View of Scott Monument from south
Date 1989
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 1525933
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 5883 CN
Scope and Content View of the Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, looking north towards Princes Street The Scott Monument, designed by George Meikle Kemp, was completed in 1844 at a cost of £16,000. It commemorates Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh's greatest publicist and author of the Waverley Novels, who died at Abbotsford in 1832. The lowest section of the monument, with four tall arches and diagonal buttresses, forms an elaborate canopy for Scott's statue, and has clear affinities with Melrose Abbey, which Scott greatly admired. The Gothic spire rises to 61m above Princes Street. The monument is open to the public: a staircase of 287 steps inside the spire leads to a balcony near the top that offers wonderful views, including one of the complete length of Princes Street from east to west. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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