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Balmoral Estate, Statue Of Queen Victoria
Statue (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balmoral Estate, Statue Of Queen Victoria
Classification Statue (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balmoral Castle
Canmore ID 120829
Site Number NO29SE 37
NGR NO 2609 9482
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120829
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO29SE 37 2609 9482
For Balmoral Castle (NO 2550 9495) and related monuments, see NO29NE 15.00.
Queen Victoria's Statue [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
Life-size bronze statue of Queen Victoria in imitationTudor dress, holding orb and sceptre, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1887.
Rock-faced granite pedestal with inscription to main face stating 'This statue of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria was erected by the tenants and servants on the properties of Balmoral, Birkhall and Abergeldie together with the servants in Her Majesty's household, natives of Crathie, in commemoration of the completion of the fiftieth year of her reign'.
This site was recorded as part of the Listed Buildings Recording Programme (LBRP) for 2001-02.
Information from RCAHMS (NMC) 2002.
