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Architecture Notes
Event ID 831873
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/831873
NJ26SW 119.00 21162 62809
NJ26SW 119.01 2110 6282 Watching Brief
NMRS REFERENCE:
Sculptor: Thomas Goodwillie, 1853.
DATES 1839 erected.
1855 statue place on top
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Elgin Courant, 15 Feb 1839
Report of laying of foundation stone of Gordon Monument, Ladyhill. Elgin
'Monument is of a design gratuitously furnished by Mr Burn, architect, Edinburgh. It is a Tuscan column 90' in height exclusive of the monument which is to be placed at the top of it. Its diameter above the base shaft is 6'90". Within there is a spiral staircase leading to the top of the column.'
