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South African War Memorial To Black Watch, Market Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9501 / 55°57'0"N

Longitude: -3.1945 / 3°11'40"W

OS Eastings: 325501

OS Northings: 673655

OS Grid: NT255736

Mapcode National: GBR 8NG.DJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.WPZX

Plus Code: 9C7RXR24+35

Entry Name: South African War Memorial To Black Watch, Market Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Bank Street (Corner Market Street), Black Watch (South African War) Memorial

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370776

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30034

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Market Street, South African War Memorial to Black Watch

ID on this website: 200370776

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Statue War memorial

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Description

W Birnie Rhind, 1908-10. Bronze pedestrian figure clad in kilt and busby, leaning on rifle, on red granite plinth; Doric entablature with triglyphs and guttae; bronze low relief of battle scene; bronze crest and inscriptions.

Statement of Interest

Dedicated to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men who fell in the South African War, 1899-1902.

Category changed from B to A, 19 December 2002.

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