Glenfinnan Monument. View from hill-top view point to North East.

Description Glenfinnan Monument. View from hill-top view point to North East.

Date 3/11/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 675208

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 23555 CN

Scope and Content Hill-top view of Glenfinnan Monument, Highland This photograph shows the monument's dramatic location at the head of the loch. Surrounded by the mountains on either side, the tower is situated to act as a point-of-focus. This juxtaposition of romantic architecture and the landscape was a feature of the Picturesque movement, which was popular at the time of the monument's construction. The monument was designed by the architect James Gillespie Graham, whose name was discovered amongst a list of creditors following Alexander Macdonald's death (1815). In its original form, a two-storeyed shooting bothy was built against one side of the tower. At some point in the 1830s, this was removed and the perimeter wall and statue added. It is now cared for by The National Trust for Scotland. The Glenfinnan Monument, which was completed in 1815, was built for a local landowner, Alexander Macdonald of Glenalladale, to commemorate the men who fought and died while following the cause of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It was built at the head of Loch Shiel, where the prince met the clans in 1745, prior to the Battle of Culloden. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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