Peterculter, Malcolm Road, Statue Of Rob Roy
Statue (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Peterculter, Malcolm Road, Statue Of Rob Roy
Classification Statue (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Leuchar Burn; Rob Roy Statue
Canmore ID 149983
Site Number NJ80SW 87
NGR NJ 83576 00865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149983
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SW 87 83576 00865
Statue [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2010.
The statue of Rob Roy stands on a narrow ledge overlooking the ravine of the Leuchar Burn. The original statue of Rob Roy was based on a figurehead from a whaling boat; legs and a kilt had to be attached to complete it. The second statue lasted from 1865 to 1926 and the present statue was carved from redwood by Arnold Smith and erected in the late 1980's or 1990.
(Newspaper references: Press and Journal 14 March 1987 and 1 August 1990).
NMRS, MS/712/76.
