Scott Monument

Monument and landmark in Edinburgh

For other uses, see Scott Statue (disambiguation).

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The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.[1] It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners building on Princes Street and near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott's Waverley novels.

## Design and concept

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The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61.11 m) high and has viewing platforms reached by a series of spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings. The highest platform is reached by a total of 287 steps.[2] It is built from Binny sandstone quarried near Ecclesmachan in West Lothian.

It is placed on axis with South St. David Street, one of the two streets leading off St. Andrew Square to Princes Street, and is a focal point within that vista, its scale being large enough to screen the Old Town behind. Its size and elevated position cause it to dominate the eastern section of the Princes Street Gardens.

## History

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Scott's Monument as it appeared when nearly finished in October 1844 Masons working on the Monument, photographed by Hill & Adamson in the early 1840s The Sir Walter Scott statue designed by John Steell, located inside the Scott Monument

Following Scott's death in 1832, a competition was held to design a monument to him. An unlikely entrant went under the pseudonym "John Morvo", the medieval architect of Melrose Abbey. Morvo was in fact George Meikle Kemp, 45 year-old joiner, draftsman, and self-taught architect. He had feared that his lack of architectural qualifications and reputation would disqualify him, but his design was popular with the competition's judges, and they awarded him the contract to construct the monument in 1838.

John Steell was commissioned to design a monumental statue of Scott to rest in the centre space within the tower's four columns. It is made from white Carrara marble and shows Scott seated, resting from writing one of his works with a quill pen, his dog Maida by his side. The monument carries 64 figures of characters from Scott's novels, sculpted by Scots sculptors including Alexander Handyside Ritchie, John Rhind, William Birnie Rhind, William Brodie, William Grant Stevenson, David Watson Stevenson, John Hutchison, George Anderson Lawson, Thomas Stuart Burnett, William Shirreffs, Andrew Currie, George Clark Stanton, Peter Slater, Amelia Robertson Hill (who also made the statue of David Livingstone immediately east of the monument), and the otherwise unknown Katherine Anne Fraser Tytler.[3][4]

## The stone masons and the Scott monument

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The erection of the Scott monument came at a high cost to the stone masons involved, especially to the 'hewing masons' who were responsible for preparing the blocks, with their carvings and statues. This work was done in closed sheds, where they were exposed to large quantities of dangerous fine dust. Things were not so bad for the 'building masons' who worked in the open, placing the already prepared blocks of stone. Because of the hardness of the stone (from the Binnie quarry, near Uphall to the west of Edinburgh) used for the monument and other local buildings, Edinburgh masons were especially vulnerable to phthisis, the term used at the time for silicosis. One contemporary observer says that the monument "killed twenty three of the finest hewers in Edinburgh."[5]: 741–52 Another mentions "one half of the whole number of masons employed" died of the lung disease.[6]: 25–52 [7]

## Foundation stone

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Monument to Sir Walter Scott Act 1841

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Citation| 4 & 5 Vict. c. 15

The foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1840 by Sir James Forrest of Comiston in his capacity as Lord Provost and as Grand Master Mason of Scotland.[8] Construction began in 1841 following permission by Parliament's Monument to Sir Walter Scott Act and ran for nearly four years. It was completed in the autumn of 1844, with Kemp's son placing the finial in August of the year. The total cost was just over £16,154.[9] The monument was inaugurated on 15 August 1846, but George Meikle Kemp was absent. He had fallen into the Union Canal while walking home from the site and drowned on the foggy evening of 6 March 1844.

## Statues and locations

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There are 68 statues on the monument, not counting Scott and his dog Maida, and 64 are visible from the ground. Four figures are placed above the final viewing gallery and are only visible by telephoto or from the viewing gallery (at a distorted angle). In addition, eight kneeling Druid figures support the final viewing gallery. There are 32 unfilled niches at higher level.

Sixteen heads of Scottish poets and writers appear on the lower faces, at the top of the lower pilasters. The heads represent, counter-clockwise from the northwest: James Hogg, Robert Burns, Robert Fergusson, Allan Ramsay, George Buchanan, Sir David Lindsay, Robert Tannahill, Lord Byron, Tobias Smollett, James Beattie, James Thomson, John Home, Mary, Queen of Scots, King James I of Scotland, King James V of Scotland, and William Drummond of Hawthornden.

(S) represents a small figure

Location[10] | Figure[10][11] | Scott Novel associated[11] | Sculptor[10]

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North-East Buttress, lower tier, east  | Jock Dumbie, The Laird O’ Dumbiedykes  | The Heart of Midlothian | William Brodie
North-East Buttress, lower tier, north-east  | Jeanie Deans  | The Heart of Midlothian | William Brodie
North-East Buttress, lower tier, north  | Flora MacIvor  | Waverley | John Hutchison
North Face, lower tier  | Ravenswood (S)  | The Bride of Lammermoor | John Rhind
North Face, lower tier  | Lucy Ashton (S)  | The Bride of Lammermoor | John Rhind
North Face, lower tier  | Caleb Balderstone (S)  | The Bride of Lammermoor | William Grant Stevenson
North Face, central figure over arch  | Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)  | Waverley and Redgauntlet | Alexander Handyside Ritchie
North Face, lower tier  | Madge Wildfire (S)  | The Heart of Midlothian | William Brodie
North Face, lower tier  | Davie Deans (S)  | The Heart of Midlothian | Thomas Stuart Burnett
North Face, lower tier  | Effie Deans (S)  | The Heart of Midlothian | Thomas Stuart Burnett
North-West Buttress, lower tier, north  | Louise, The Glee Maiden, playing a mandolin  | The Fair Maid of Perth | John Hutchison
North-West Buttress, lower tier, north-west  | Hal O’ The Wynd  | The Fair Maid of Perth | John Hutchison
North-West Buttress, lower tier, west  | Edith of Lorn  | The Lord of the Isles | William Brodie
West Face, lower tier  | George Buchanan (S)  | Buchanan is a true historical figure referenced in many Scott novels  | John Rhind
West Face, lower tier  | Julia Mannering (S)  | Guy Mannering | George Webster
West Face, lower tier  | Dirk Hatteraick (S)  | Guy Mannering | William Birnie Rhind
West Face, central figure over arch  | The Harp O’ The North  | The Lay of the Last Minstrel | James Ritchie
West Face, lower tier  | Rose Bradwardine (S)  | Waverley  | D. Buchanan
West Face, lower tier  | Dougal Cratur (S)  | Rob Roy  | Charles McBride
West Face, lower tier  | Catharine Glover, The Fair Maid of Perth (S)  | The Fair Maid of Perth  | David Watson Stevenson
South-West Buttress, lower tier, west  | Minna Troil  | The Pirate  | Amelia Robertson Hill
South-West Buttress, lower tier, south-west  | George Heriot (holding a model of George Heriot’s School)  | The Fortunes of Nigel | Peter Slater
South-West Buttress, lower tier, south  | Baillie Nicol Jarvie  | Rob Roy | George Anderson Lawson
South Face, lower tier  | Peter Peebles (S)  | Redgauntlet | William Grant Stevenson
South Face, lower tier  | Constance (S)  | Marmion (poem) | Katherine Anne Fraser Tytler
South Face, lower tier  | Wayland Smith (S)  | Kenilworth | J.S. Gibson
South Face, central figure over arch  | Ellen Douglas, The Lady of the Lake  | The Lady of the Lake (poem) | Peter Slater
South Face, lower tier  | Gurth the Swineherd, with a pig at his feet (S)  | Ivanhoe | William Shirreffs
South Face, lower tier  | Queen Elizabeth I (S), originally holding an orb and sceptre  | Kenilworth | William Walker
South Face, lower tier  | Claverhouse (S)  | Old Mortality | William Birnie Rhind
South-East Buttress, lower tier, south  | Rebecca  | Ivanhoe | George Clark Stanton
South-East Buttress, lower tier, south-east  | Diana Vernon  | Rob Roy | George Anderson Lawson
South-East Buttress, lower tier, east  | Mary, Queen of Scots | The Abbot | David Watson Stevenson
East Face, lower tier  | Dugald Dalgetty (S)  | A Legend of Montrose | John Rhind
East Face, lower tier  | The Abbess (S)  | Marmion (poem) | William Grant Stevenson
East Face, lower tier  | James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (S)  | A Legend of Montrose | David Watson Stevenson
East Face, central figure over arch  | Meg Merrilees, the gypsy (originally holding a green bough of copper, now missing)  | Guy Mannering | Alexander Handyside Ritchie
East Face, lower tier  | Richie Moniplies, a well-dressed servant (S)  | The Fortunes of Nigel | John Rhind
East Face, lower tier  | The Lady of Avenel (S)  | The Monastery and The Abbot | Thomas Stuart Burnett
East Face, lower tier  | Sir Piercie Shafton (S)  | The Monastery | George Clark Stanton
North-East Buttress, upper tier east  | Old Mortality (Robert Paterson) leaning on a walking stick  | Old Mortality | Andrew Currie
North-East Buttress, upper tier, north-east  | Robert the Bruce | The Lord of the Isles (poem)  | George Anderson Lawson
North-East Buttress, upper tier, north  | Edie Ochiltree | The Antiquary | George Anderson Lawson
North Face, upper tier, left of window  | King Charles I | Mentioned in several Scott novels  | David Watson Stevenson
North Face, upper tier, right of window  | John Knox, holding an open Bible towards the street  | Mentioned in several Scott novels  | John Rhind
North-West Buttress, upper tier, north  | Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester | Kenilworth | William Brodie
North-West Buttress, upper tier, north-west  | Amy Robsart  | Kenilworth | William Brodie
North-West Buttress, upper tier, west  | Baron Bradwardine  | Waverley | John Hutchison
West Face, upper tier, left of window  | Helen MacGregor holding a sword and targe  | Rob Roy | William Brodie
West Face, upper tier, right of window  | Rob Roy MacGregor | Rob Roy | John Rhind
South-West Buttress, upper tier, west  | Magnus Troil  | The Pirate  | Amelia Robertson Hill
South-West Buttress, upper tier, south-west  | King James VI  | The Fortunes of Nigel | David Watson Stevenson
South-West Buttress, upper tier, south  | Halbert Glendinning  | The Monastery and The Abbot | David Watson Stevenson
South Face, upper tier, left of window  | Balfour of Burley  | Old Mortality | William Birnie Rhind
South Face, upper tier, right of window  | Oliver Cromwell | Woodstock | William Brodie
South-East Buttress, upper tier, south  | Saladin | The Talisman | George Clark Stanton
South-East Buttress, upper tier, south-east  | Friar Tuck | Ivanhoe | George Clark Stanton
South-East Buttress, upper tier, east  | Richard the Lionheart | Ivanhoe, The Talisman and The Betrothed | Amelia Robertson Hill
East Face, upper tier, left of window  | Ivanhoe, in chainmail and plumed helmet, visor dropped, holding a heavy lance  | Ivanhoe | John Rhind
East Face, upper tier, right of window  | Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Knight Templar | Ivanhoe | William Birnie Rhind
Head of North-East Buttress, attaching main spire  | Wamba the Jester  | Ivanhoe | unknown
Head of North-West Buttress, attaching main spire  | Crusader  | Tales of the Crusaders | unknown
Head of South-West Buttress, attaching main spire  | The Abbot, holding a staff and rosary (nose missing)  | The Abbot | unknown
Head of South-East Buttress, attaching main spire  | Nun clasping a cross  | Appear in several Scott novels  | unknown
Pinnacle, above upper gallery, north  | Meg Dods  | St Ronan’s Well  | unknown
Pinnacle, above upper gallery, west  | Dominie Sampson (fingers restored 1999)  | Guy Mannering | unknown
Pinnacle, above upper gallery, south  | Mause Headrigg  | Old Mortality | unknown
Pinnacle, above upper gallery, east  | Dandie Dinmont with his terrier at his feet  | Guy Mannering | unknown

## Modern administration

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In the early 1990s it was proposed that the stonework should be cleaned. There were views for and against cleaning and a scientific/geological investigation, including cleaning trials on samples of stone, was carried out. It was decided not to clean the stone due to the damage it would sustain. A restoration programme was undertaken involving replacing old repairs and damaged areas with Binny stone for which purpose the original quarry was re-opened.[12] The fresh stonework contrasts with the smoke-darkened original.

The overall cost of the restoration was £2.36 million and was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.[13]

The monument is now administered by the Culture and Sport division of the City of Edinburgh Council who in 2016 installed a new LED lighting system. The design of the lights was "intended to highlight the monument’s architectural features with a soft warm glow" and were first illuminated on 21 September 2016.[14]

A panorama of Edinburgh, seen from the Scott Monument

## In popular culture

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The monument is featured prominently in the 2012 film Cloud Atlas, as a location which the character Robert Frobisher frequents.[15][16] An imagined copy of the monument is featured in the 1899 painting by James Ford, Holiday Time in Cape Town, depicting a Victorian era imagined utopian future Cape Town.[17]

## See also

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* List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh
* List of tallest buildings and structures in Edinburgh

## References

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1. ^ "Museums and galleries: Scott Monument". The City of Edinburgh Council. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
2. ^ "The Scott Monument". SCRAN. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
3. ^ "The Character Statues". The Scott Monument. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
4. ^ Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David; Wilson, Christopher (1991). Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh. Yale University Press. p. 316\. ISBN 978-0300096729. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
5. ^ Tomlinson C, editor. Stone. In: The Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts. Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining and Engineering. Vol 2 Hammer to Zirconium.London: James S.Virtue; 1854. p.741–52.
6. ^ Wilson G. On the chemistry of building material. Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Scotland. Session 5 4 1854; Part 1
7. ^ K.Donaldson, W.A. Wallace, C. Henry, A. Seaton, "Death in the New Town: Edinburgh's hidden story of stonemason's silicosis." J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2017; 47: 375–83 | doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2017.416
8. ^ Notes of The Grampian Club 1900
9. ^ "The Scott Monument: Introduction". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
10. ^ a b c "The Scott Monument" (PDF). Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. 9 June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
11. ^ a b "Characters from Scott's Novels". The Scott Monument. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
12. ^ "The Monument". Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
13. ^ As stated on an information panel in the monument
14. ^ "Floodlights planned to light up Scott Monument". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
15. ^ "Cloud Atlas - Filmed Here - Film Edinburgh". www.filmedinburgh.org. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
16. ^ Cloud Atlas (2012) - IMDb, archived from the original on 18 April 2023, retrieved 22 April 2023
17. ^ Silver, Carole G. (2006). Hall, Martin; Tietze, Anna (eds.). "Images of Empire: Art and Artifacts in Cape Town, South Africa". Victorian Literature and Culture. 34 (1): 335–342\. doi:10.1017/S1060150306211197. ISSN 1060-1503. JSTOR 25058751.

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