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Field Visit
Date 9 March 2001
Event ID 612920
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612920
Intended to be a copy of the Parthenon. All that was built and still remains is the base, twelve Doric, fluted columns and a plain entablature. This would have been the front of the building. The back contains a mound of earth covered in shrubs and trees.
The foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1822 during George IV's visit to Edinburgh, but the monument was not begun until 1826. Money was to be raised by public subscription, but insufficient funds were collected. The project was stopped, unfinished, in 1829.
Was to be a memorial to the fallen men of the Napoleonic Wars.
Inspected By : Emma Retson
Inscriptions : None Visible
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1816-1829
Notes : Being restored 2009
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0526)
