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Latitude: 55.9536 / 55°57'12"N
Longitude: -2.9707 / 2°58'14"W
OS Eastings: 339485
OS Northings: 673821
OS Grid: NT394738
Mapcode National: GBR 2J.XY9V
Mapcode Global: WH7TV.BMM8
Plus Code: 9C7VX23H+CP
Entry Name: Colonel Gardiner's Monument, Prestonpans
Listing Name: Bankton House, Colonel Gardiner's Monument
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 351506
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17547
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Prestonpans, Colonel Gardiner's Monument
ID on this website: 200351506
Location: Tranent
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Preston, Seton and Gosford
Parish: Tranent
Traditional County: East Lothian
Tagged with: Monument
Archibald Ritchie, sculptor, 1853, signed and dated. Grey ashlar monument comprised of base, pedestal and obelisk, sited to N of Bankton House. Rock-worked base course to base; sleepy lion couchant to each of 4 angle buttresses (2 alternating poses). Corniced, channelled pedestal with moulded and inscribed panels to each face.
The monument was erected by public subscription. The panels each bear an inscription, including 2 poetical verses. For further information, see Bankton House, lsited separatley above.
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