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Latitude: 55.9697 / 55°58'10"N
Longitude: -4.5843 / 4°35'3"W
OS Eastings: 238812
OS Northings: 678201
OS Grid: NS388782
Mapcode National: GBR 0L.WVGX
Mapcode Global: WH3NJ.K67X
Plus Code: 9C7QXC98+V7
Entry Name: Smollet Monument, Main Street, Renton
Listing Name: Renton, Main Street, Smollett Monument
Listing Date: 14 May 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331663
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB1168
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Renton, Main Street, Smollet Monument
ID on this website: 200331663
Location: Cardross
County: West Dunbartonshire
Electoral Ward: Leven
Parish: Cardross
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
Tagged with: Monument
Erected 1774. Ashlar Tuscan column on 60? tall square pedestal base capped by urn finial on domed pedestal base. Large marble inset at centre of base; long Latin inscription.
The column was erected in memory of Tobias Smollett, physician and novelist, by his cousin Jane Smollett. The Latin inscription is by Professor George Stuart of Edinburgh, John Ramsay of Ochtertyre and
Dr Samuel Johnson.
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