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Beinn A' Bhragaidh, Monument To First Duke Of Sutherland
Commemorative Monument (19th Century)
Site Name Beinn A' Bhragaidh, Monument To First Duke Of Sutherland
Classification Commemorative Monument (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ben Bhragaidh, Duke Of Sutherland's Monument; Ben Bhraggie; Sutherland Monument; Dunrobin Estate; Golspie
Canmore ID 76116
Site Number NC80SW 43
NGR NC 81441 00914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76116
- Council Highland
- Parish Golspie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80SW 43 81441 00914
Monument to 1st Duke of Sutherland
1833 [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, October 2009.
For (associated) Dunrobin Castle, see NC80SE 1.00.
Not to be confused with Monument to the 2nd Duke of Sutherland (at NC 84924 01283, within Dunrobin Castle Policies), for which see NC80SW 63.
Set on the eminence of Ben Bhragaidh some 360m above sea level to the NW of Golspie on the E coast of Sutherland, it was built in 1837 to commemorate the First Duke of Sutherland. Designed by William Burn in 1834, the rectangular pedestal is surmounted by an octagonal plinth and has coped upper surfaces. The inscription is contained in a panel in the SW face.
For more information, see William Burns' drawings SUD/78/1-2 in the NMRS.
The oversized statue was carved by Sir Frances Chantrey RA.
This site was recorded as part of the Listed Buildings Recording Programme (LBRP) for 2002-03.
Information from RCAHMS (NMC), 2003.
