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Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane

A Category C Listed Building in Dunblane, Stirling

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.1886 / 56°11'18"N

Longitude: -3.9653 / 3°57'55"W

OS Eastings: 278128

OS Northings: 701291

OS Grid: NN781012

Mapcode National: GBR 1B.G34V

Mapcode Global: WH4NT.2Q03

Plus Code: 9C8R52QM+CV

Entry Name: Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane

Listing Name: Old Bleaching Green, Monument

Listing Date: 28 October 1976

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362992

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26367

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200362992

Location: Dunblane

County: Stirling

Town: Dunblane

Electoral Ward: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

Traditional County: Perthshire

Tagged with: Monument

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Description

1842. Plain, cylindrical column on broad plinth, domed cap; inscribed, IN 1842 HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS GAVE A LEASE OF THIS GRASS YARD OF DUNBLANE AS A BLEACHING GREEN FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Statement of Interest

The Old Bleaching Green is now a public park but was used for drying and bleaching clothes until the 1930s. Several cast-iron washing line poles also stand about the park.

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