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Latitude: 55.9489 / 55°56'55"N
Longitude: -3.1981 / 3°11'53"W
OS Eastings: 325273
OS Northings: 673516
OS Grid: NT252735
Mapcode National: GBR 8MG.PZ
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VQ8X
Entry Name: Memorial to the 72nd Highlanders, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh
Listing Date: 15 October 2001
Last Amended: 15 November 2019
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395635
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48237
Building Class: Cultural
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
MacDonald, Field and Company, 1882-3. Polished pink Peterhead granite obelisk with bronze coronet over number 72, on pedestal with inscriptions; surrounded by decorative wrought-iron railings.
The A group comprises the Esplanade itself and the group of monuments including the Statue of the Duke of York, the Scottish Horse Memorial, the 72nd Highlanders Memorial, the 78th Highlanders Memorial, the Monument to Colonel MacKenzie and the Statue of Earl Haig (all separately listed). The obelisk is a Memorial to soldiers of the 72nd Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders who were killed or died of wounds or disease in Afghanistan, 1878-80.
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