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Latitude: 55.9489 / 55°56'56"N
Longitude: -3.1976 / 3°11'51"W
OS Eastings: 325305
OS Northings: 673525
OS Grid: NT253735
Mapcode National: GBR 8MG.SY
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VQHV
Entry Name: Memorial to the Scottish Horse, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh
Listing Date: 15 October 2001
Last Amended: 15 November 2019
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395637
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48239
Building Class: Cultural
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Stewart McGlashan and Son, 1900-5. Pink granite Celtic cross with carved sword and lion rampant on battered rock-cut granite plinth, with bronze plaques to S, W and E.
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). In memory of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men of the Scottish Horse who died in the South African War, 1901-2.
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