Cromarty,The Paye, Hugh Miller Monument. General view.
RC 779
Description Cromarty,The Paye, Hugh Miller Monument. General view.
Date 1953
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number RC 779
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 398649
Scope and Content General view of Hugh Miller Monument, The Paye, Cromarty The royal burgh of Cromarty became a burgh of barony under Viscount Tarbat (later first Earl of Cromartie) in 1685. The town first prospered and later declined in the 19th century, but has been much restored since the 1980s. This shows the monument erected in 1858-9 to the geologist and writer Hugh Miller. Standing 15.24m high, it consists of a Doric column built by Thomas Watson, a pedestal carved with inverted laurel wreaths, and a colossal statue by A Handyside Ritchie. Hugh Miller (1802-56) was born in Cromarty. He served his time as a mason, and worked in the town's Commercial Bank 1835-40. He became a well-known geologist, journalist and writer. He suffered from depression and committed suicide on Christmas Eve 1856. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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