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Which of these two Scottish monuments is taller? Wallace Monument in Scotland – © Scotiana 2006 The Wallace monument ? The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the [...]
Glasgow Necropolis © 2007 Scotiana
Here fond affection rears its sculpted stone… (from John Henry Alexander’s epitaph – Glasgow Necropolis)
“CEMETERIES ARE FOR THE LIVING. Sure, the dead are the permanent residents and the living merely visitors but the Necropolis and every other burying [...] Sherlock Holmes Statue – Picardy Place – Edinburgh Sherlock Holmes Statue – Picardy Place – Edinburgh We’re almost there Mairiuna, only a few feet away from Picardy Place where the more than life-size bronze statue of Sherlock Holmes is standing close to the house (No 11) where his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle was [...] Calton Hill stairs 2007 The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation which the town embraces (…)You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments. (Robert Louis Stevenson – Edinburgh Picturesque Notes – 1878 ) I’m coming Janice [...] The National Wallace Memorial Tower Wow….Mairiuna…it was worth the wait ! That sword is indeed very impressive…I would not have liked to be pierced through by it…yikes! Not less impressive is Wallace Monument. You can see it from far afield, standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, when you visit the region. Designed by [...] |
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