Field Visit
Date 22 September 2008
Event ID 613894
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613894
Bronze high-relief map, set into a raised stone rectangle, showing part of Edinburgh city centre from Lothian Road (in the west) to Regent Road (in the east), York Place and Queen Street (in the north) and Cowgate (in the south); including Calton Hill, Waverley Station, Princes Street Gardens and the Castle.
See Inscriptions.
Inscriptions : On streets on relief map (raised letters): YORK PLACE / QUEEN STREET / GEORGE STREET / PRINCES STREET [x2] / LOTHIAN ROAD / GRASSMARKET / COWGATE / HIGH STREET / REGENT ROAD
On plaque set into the top of the stone rectangular base, on the north side (raised letters): [Braille] / PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH / BY THE STAFF OF MARKS & SPENCER, / EDINBURGH IN 1984 TO MARK THE COMPANY'S CENTENARY. / THIS RELIEF WAS CRAFTED TO ENABLE / PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED VISION TO / ENJOY THE GRANDEUR OF THE CITY.
Signatures : On south-west edge of relief map (incised cursive script): D. Westby.
Year of unveiling : 1984
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1470)
