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Edinburgh, Currie, Dougal Haston Memorial Stone
Commemorative Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Currie, Dougal Haston Memorial Stone
Classification Commemorative Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 302169
Site Number NT16NE 222
NGR NT 18260 67816
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302169
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Currie
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (2 July 2001)
A rough block of stone with a plaque attached to the front.
Inscriptions : On plaque on front of stone:
THE "DOUGAL HASTON" STONE / THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS / OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMBER DOUGAL HASTON, A CURRIE / BOY, WHO WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST CLIMBER TO / CONQUER EVEREST BY THE SOUTH WEST FACE AND THE FIRST / BRITON TO SCALE THE NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER. HE LATER / DIED IN AN AVALANCHE IN SWITZERLAND IN 1977 AGED 36
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0314)
