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Hugh Miller Monument, The Paye, Cromarty

A Category B Listed Building in Cromarty, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6796 / 57°40'46"N

Longitude: -4.0327 / 4°1'57"W

OS Eastings: 278883

OS Northings: 867342

OS Grid: NH788673

Mapcode National: GBR J8DF.CGZ

Mapcode Global: WH4FM.07YL

Plus Code: 9C9QMXH8+RW

Entry Name: Hugh Miller Monument, The Paye, Cromarty

Listing Name: The Paye, Hugh Miller Monument

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 359504

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB23707

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Cromarty, The Paye, Hugh Miller Monument

ID on this website: 200359504

Location: Cromarty

County: Highland

Town: Cromarty

Electoral Ward: Black Isle

Traditional County: Cromartyshire

Tagged with: Monument

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Description

Handyside Ritchie, sculptor, Thomas Watson, Edinburgh:
contractor. 1859. 50' high Greek Doric column surmounted
statue of Hugh Miller raised on plinth dressed in cape and
plaid with pile of books representing his works and
geological speciment in right hand. Laurel wreaths on 3 sides
of plinth and representation of Miller's winged fish from the
Old Red Sandstones of Cromarty on 4th. Rusticated stone base
with marble tablet. Cast-iron railings. Base of Old Red
Sandstone from Shore quarry and rest of yellowish sandstone
from Daviston quarry.

Statement of Interest

Tablet inscribed IN MEMORY OF HUGH MILLER AND IN

COMMEMORATION OF HIS GENIUS, AND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC

EMINENCE, HIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS COUNTRYMEN. BORN

AT CROMARTY 10TH OCTOBER 1802; DIED 14 DEC 1856.

The Shore quarry was "the first scene of Mr Miller's labours

and of his geological researches".

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