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Melville Monument, Dunmore House

A Category B Listed Building in Comrie, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.3873 / 56°23'14"N

Longitude: -3.9994 / 3°59'57"W

OS Eastings: 276654

OS Northings: 723465

OS Grid: NN766234

Mapcode National: GBR 19.1FH3

Mapcode Global: WH4MT.JQQ8

Plus Code: 9C8R92P2+W6

Entry Name: Melville Monument, Dunmore House

Listing Name: Melville Monument Dunmore House

Listing Date: 5 October 1977

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 336738

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5321

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Lord Melville's Monument
Dunmore House, Melville Monument

ID on this website: 200336738

Location: Comrie

County: Perth and Kinross

Electoral Ward: Strathearn

Parish: Comrie

Traditional County: Perthshire

Tagged with: Monument

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Description

James Gillespie Graham 1812. Tall granite obelisk to Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, Baron of Dunira (1742-1811).

Statement of Interest

Henry Dundas was a major figure in the political life of Scotland and the United Kingdom in the late 18th century. He bought the nearby Dunira estate in 1784 as a country retreat. The engraving on the monument states that it was erected "by his personal friends in the county of Perth".

In the 21st century Henry Dundas is a contentious figure in the history of colonialism and slavery and his surviving memorials are a focus in public debate about place-names, statues and monuments (2020).

James Gillespie Graham (1776-1855) was a prominent architect of the early 19th century, known mainly for his Gothic-style churches and castellated country houses.

Listed building record revised in 2020.

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