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Dumfries, Queensbury Square, Queensberry Monument
Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dumfries, Queensbury Square, Queensberry Monument
Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Queensberry Column; English Street
Canmore ID 159807
Site Number NX97NE 325
NGR NX 97235 76149
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/159807
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97NE 325 97517 76192
Though originally erected in Queensberry Square, during the 1930's the monument was moved to a site in front of the County Buildings (NX 97517 76192) in English Street.
NX 97235 76149: The monument was moved back to Queensbury Square in 1990.
Information from Andrew Nicholson (dumfries and Galloway Council) 9 September 2003
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: Robert Adam (v.Soane Drawings vol. 44, no. 81)
Groome gives date as 1804
Photographic Survey (1956)
Photographs of buildings in Dumfries by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.
