(The historical portion of the marker text is presented first, so as not to be lost beneath the statue donor information:)
Adam Smith lived in Panmure House in Lochend Close and is buried in the Cannongate Churchyard, further down the . . . — — Map (db m85860) HM
Residence of Lord Advocate Sir James Stewart 1692-1713;
Also Andrew Crosbie the jovial "Counsellor Pleydell";
Earlier Sir John Scougal, Painter of William III and Queen Mary
West Stands Mansion of Bishop Bothwell, Died 1593 — — Map (db m155134) HM
Calton Hill
Edinburgh’s First Public Park
Welcome to Calton Hill
Formed by violent volcanic activity 340 million years ago and gouged by glaciers during the Ice Age, Calton Hill has a long and fascinating history.
In 1724 the Town . . . — — Map (db m127020) HM
Deacon Brodie’s
William Brodie, Deacon of Wrights and Masons
of Edinburgh was the son of a cabinet maker in
the Lawnmarket. He was born in Brodie’s Close
and hanged near St Giles both places being
just a few steps from the tavern which now . . . — — Map (db m126988) HM
The area in which the Doctors now stands is associated with some of Edinburgh's famous historical events, namely in 1613, the construction of the Flodden Wall, built to keep the English invaders out, and Edinburgh's first large scale brewing in . . . — — Map (db m127101) HM
Dog
Cemetery
The Small Garden Below
Has Been Used Since
Queen Victoria's Reign
(1837-1901) As A Burial
Place For Regimental
Mascots And Officers' Dogs — — Map (db m126932) HM
Calton Hill
Edinburgh’s First Public Park
Welcome to Calton Hill
Dugald Stewart Monument
Built: 1831
Architect: William H. Mayfair
This monument commemorates another key player of the Scottish Enlightenment, Dugald Stewart. . . . — — Map (db m127021) HM
Earl Haig
This Statue Was Presented
To The City Of Edinburgh
By Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji
Of Bombay
In Admiration Of The Services
Rendered To The British Empire
By The Field Marshal
( another marker on the plinth )
This . . . — — Map (db m126983) HM
The Foundation Stone
Of this Part of the
Edinburgh Municipal Building
Was Laid on 6th June 1901
By the Right Honourable
James Steel, Lord Provost.
-------------------------
The New Council Chamber
Was Opened 19th January 1904, . . . — — Map (db m127061) HM
Foog's
Gate
The Main Entrance To The
Citadel By The 17th Century.
The Perimeter Wall. Looped
For Both Cannon And
Musketry, Was Built In
King Charles Ii's Reign
(1660-85) — — Map (db m126885) HM
Hinc Sanitas
From Here Health
This Sculpture by
Mr Denys Mitchell
Was Unveiled by
The Right Honourable
Norman Irons
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
On 6 December 1994 — — Map (db m127013) HM
Gatehouse
1887
Built As An Impressive
Show-Front To Replace A
Plain 17th-Century Outer Gate.
Inside Was Accommodation For
The Main Guard. Detention Cells
And A Court-Martial Room. — — Map (db m126881) HM
George Davie (1912 – 2007), philosopher and author of The Democratic Intellect, introduced to each other Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 - 1978), author of the Scots poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, and Sorley MacLean (1911 – . . . — — Map (db m127016) HM
‘Bobby’ was the name of a Skye Terrier who belonged to John Gray, a night watchman for the Edinburgh Police The two were inseparable for two years. However, in February 1858 Gray died of tuberculosis He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard Bobby, who . . . — — Map (db m126984) HM
A Tribute
To The Affectionate Fidelity Of
Greyfriars Bobby
In 1858 This Faithful Dog Followed
The Remains Of His Master To
Greyfriars Churchyard And Lingered Near The Spot
Util His Death In 1872.
With Permission
Erected By The . . . — — Map (db m126987) HM
Half-Moon
Battery
1573-88
A Mighty Artillery Fortification
Built After The Long Siege
Of 1571-73 To Protect The
Royal Palace From Bombardment
David's Tower, The Residence
Of Robert Bruce's Son,
King David II (1329-71),
Lies . . . — — Map (db m126938) HM
(Front): In memory of Scottish-American soldiers
To preserve the jewel of liberty in the framework of freedom - Abraham Lincoln (North Side):Sergeant Major John M'Ewan
Co.H, 65th Regt Illinois Vol Infantry
William L Duff, . . . — — Map (db m34260) HM
This statue is dedicated to the memory of James Braidwood, a pioneer of the scientific approach to fire-fighting. It also recognises the courage and sacrifice of fire-fighters, not only in Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue Service, but all over . . . — — Map (db m126994) HM
In Memory of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men Who Whilst Serving with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (the Edinburgh Regiment) Gave Their Lives for Their Country during the Following Campaigns Afghanistan 1878 – 1880. Egypt . . . — — Map (db m127018) WM
M 1567 R
On this site stood the lodging of Sir Simon Preston of Craigmillar, Provost of the City of Edinburgh 1566-7 in which lodging Mary Queen of Scotland after her surrender to the Confederate Lords at Carberry Hill, spent her last night in . . . — — Map (db m126992) HM
Memorial to Bruce
Erected by
the Corporation of Edinburgh under Captain Hugh Reid's bequest
Unveiled 28th May 1929
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Stevenson Lord Provost — — Map (db m85670) HM
Memorial to Wallace ________________
Erected by The Corporation of Edinburgh Under Captain Hugh Reid's bequest
Unveiled 28th of May 1929
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Stevenson Lord Provost — — Map (db m85669) HM
Mons Meg
The world's most famous medieval gun showed the strength and prestige of Scotland's kings. In the Middle Ages, only the wealthiest rulers could afford such cutting-edge military technology.
Mons Meg was made from wrought iron near the . . . — — Map (db m126890) HM
Calton Hill
Edinburgh’s First Public Park
Welcome to Calton Hill
The Nelson Monument
Built: 1807 – 1816
Architect: Robert Burn
Rising over 30 metres high, the Nelson Monument commemorates the naval hero Admiral Horatio . . . — — Map (db m127022) HM WM
Ordnance
Storehouse
1753
One Of Two Warehouses For
Arms And Military Equipment
Built To Designs By
General William Skinner
Chief Engineer In North Britain
And Creator Of Fort George
The Great Garrison Fortress
Of The Highlands . . . — — Map (db m126982) HM
In memory of Robert Louis Stephenson, 1850 — 1894, son and student of Edinburgh.
“ and when I remembered all that I hoped and feared as I pickled about Rutherford’s in the rain and the east wind; how I feared I should make a mere . . . — — Map (db m127015) HM
Royal
Palace
The Residence Of The
Stewart Kings And Queens
In The 15th & 16th Centuries.
The Birthplace Of
King James VI In 1566
And The Home Of
The Scottish Crown Jewels — — Map (db m127003) HM
Scott Monument
View My Edinburgh
Sir Walter Scott
1771 — 1832
Scottish historical novelist playwright and poet
Timeline
1771 — Walter Scott born on 15 August in Edinburgh
1789-92 — studies law at the University of . . . — — Map (db m127058) HM
This memorial was initiated by the Scottish-American War Memorial Committee. the statue and bas-relief were
sculpted by Canadian Robert Tait Mackenzie (1867-1938)
and cast at the Roman Bronze Works, Brooklyn, New York,
Mackenzie was a . . . — — Map (db m34255) HM
Fortissimo Veritas
In memory of Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, “justly reputed to be one of the best soldiers and most accomplished cavaliers of his time.” He held this castle
For Queen Mary from May 1568 to May 1573 and after its . . . — — Map (db m122337) HM WM
The Spire of this Church
Was Destroyed by the Great Fire November MDCCCXXIV and
Rebuilt A.D. MDCCCXXVIII
The Right Honble. Walter Brown Lord Provost — — Map (db m127062) HM
St. Margaret’s Chapel
This Holy Place is the Oldest Surviving Building in Edinburgh
King David I built the chapel in about 1130, probably as part of a great stone tower. He dedicated it to his saintly mother, Margaret. The squared stones, . . . — — Map (db m126887) HM
The Biggest Gun of All
The largest gun ever fired in anger on British soil was kept in an arsenal on the other side of Foog's Gate.
Mons Meg, with her 20 inch (50cm) wide barrel, was built to smash castle walls. The French Duke of . . . — — Map (db m126889) HM
AM FREICEADAN DUBH
To the Memory of
Officers
Non- Commissioned Officers & men of
THE BLACK WATCH
Who fell in the South African War
1899-1902 — — Map (db m85856) WM
The City Chambers
formerly
The Royal Exchange
Designed by John Adam, the eldest of the Adam Brothers, this building was erected 1753 — 1761 as an exchange and customs house. In 1811 it became the city chambers when the town council moved . . . — — Map (db m126991) HM
The High Street Wellhead
The original wellhead or cistern in this position, probably of around 1675, had a chequered history. It was seriously damaged by a horse-drawn fire engine in January 1897 and rebuilt.
The cisterns provided water from . . . — — Map (db m127012) HM
The Lawnmarket
Wellhead
This wellhead or cistern, was built in 1835. It probably replaced a cistern of around 1675, removed when George IV bridge was built.
The cisterns provided water from Comiston Springs via the Castlehill Reservoir for . . . — — Map (db m126989) HM
Calton Hill
Edinburgh’s First Public Park
Welcome to Calton Hill
The Portugese Cannon
This brass cannon has travelled all over the world. Cast in the early 15th century, with the Royal Arms of Spain on its barrel, the cannon was . . . — — Map (db m127023) HM
The Royal Oak
Award winning home of traditional music
After the defeat of James the IV and defeat of
the Scots by the English at the Battle of Flodden,
a great wall was built from the castle around what
is now called the 'Old Town'. . . . — — Map (db m127068) HM
The Scott Monument
This plaque and stone commemorate the restoration of the nearby memorial to one of Scotland’s greatest writers Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832).
The Monument was built between 1840 and 1846 with stone from the Binny . . . — — Map (db m127051) HM
The Scott Monument
Erected 1840 – 44 to the Memory of
Sir Walter Scott Bart.
1771 — 1832
Born in Edinburgh, Lawyer and Ardent Patriot,
He Won Enduring Fame as a Romantic Poet and
The Author of the Waverly Novels
This . . . — — Map (db m127055) HM
The Scottish National War Memorial
‘Their Name Liveth’
To Mark the Centenary and
Sacrifice of the Great War
From 4th August 1914
and
Commemorate the Visit of
Her Majesty the Queen
3rd July 2014 — — Map (db m126886) HM WM
This Statue Of
William Henry Playfair
1790 – 1857
was erected by
James and Amanda Garden · Kenneth and Julia Greig · Bruce and Caroline Minto · Walter and Norma Nimmo · Malcolm Offord · David and Judy Shaw · David and Terri Warnock · . . . — — Map (db m127094) HM
The University
of Edinburgh
in honour of
William McEwan
1827 – 1913
MP, Founder of McEwan’s Brewery,
Benefactor of the Medical School
and Graduation Hall — — Map (db m127069) HM
William Nicholson
( 1824 – 1909 )
Distiller, Politician,
Cricket Player, Benefactor
This alehouse is part of the Nicholson's heritage collection. They're all different, yet they all owe something to the man who founded them. William . . . — — Map (db m126985) HM
Near this spot in 1625 Sir William Alexander of Menstrie, Earl of Stirling, received sasine, or lawful possession of the Royal Province of Nova Scotia by the ancient and symbolic ceremony of delivery of earth and stone from Castlehill by a . . . — — Map (db m286867) HM
The site of the gallows is marked by the three brass plates set at the edge of the pavement in front of this notice. George Bryce, the Ratho Murderer, was executed here on 21st June 1864, the last public execution in Edinburgh. — — Map (db m275679) HM
Behind these gates lies part of the Greyfriars Kirkyard which was used in 1679 as a prison for more than one thousand supporters of the National Covenant who had been defeated by government forces at the battle of Bothwell Brig on 22 June. For more . . . — — Map (db m242684) HM
1925----------1957
603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron
Royal Auxillary Air Force
This Spitfire Is A Memorial To The Valour
Of Those Members of the Squadron Who Gave
Their Live In The Service Of Their Country
"Never In The Field of . . . — — Map (db m86606) WM
A Rough Ride
18th century travellers must have welcomed the sight of the Hawes Inn at the end of their bumpy nine mile journey from Edinburgh by stagecoach. The unsurfaced roads were often muddy and full of ruts.
"One unfortunate party were . . . — — Map (db m127820) HM
To the men known to have died building the Forth Bridge
( The memorial lists the names, ages and occupations of 73 men, known as 'Briggers'. )( inscribed on the pavement around the memorial )
The Forth Bridge was built . . . — — Map (db m127104) HM
By the Magistrates & Town
Council in Gratitude for the
Liberality and Kindness of
Archibald John Earl of Rosebery
Provost of this Burgh to Whom
The Inhabitants are Indebted
For a Bleaching Green & This
Supply of Water
1817
Restored . . . — — Map (db m127166) HM
In Memory of the Men
Of Queensferry
Who Fell in The Great War
Louis Anderson · William Bain · Alexander Begbie · James Campbell · Melville Christie · Patrick Connolly · Harold Crawford · James Davidson · Thomas Duncan · George Earle · Thomas . . . — — Map (db m127168) WM
International History
Civil Engineering Landmark
THE FORTH BRIDGE
Opened 4 March 1890
Engineers, Sir John Fowler & Sir Benjamin Baner
Main Contractor Tancred Arrol
Presented 27 August 1985 by
Institution of Civil Engineers . . . — — Map (db m85863) HM
The Royal Navy
In The Forth
During World War I
In March 1903, the British Government announced that Rosyth Dockyard, a new naval port and base, would be built at St Margaret's Hope on the north side of the Forth, but the main works did not . . . — — Map (db m127821) HM
The Antonine Wall was built by the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius AD 142-143.
It ran for 37 miles from Bridgeness on the Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the Clyde and consisted of a ditch with a turf rampart behind it.
The material from the ditch . . . — — Map (db m86741) HM
THE LANDSCAPE
Around 10,000 years ago the landscape would have been fairly thickly covered with trees. Into this environment came our hunting and gathering ancestors around 8,000 years ago. These people would have cleared some of the trees . . . — — Map (db m86743) HM
The Antonine Wall was built by the Roman Army
on the orders of Emperor Antoninus Pius in the
140's AD. The Antonine Wall replaced Hadrian's
Wall as the far northern frontier of the Roman
Empire at this time, and ran for 40 Roman miles
(60km) . . . — — Map (db m86607) HM
This is the tomb of Captain William Edmonstone of Cambuswallace, killed at the Battle of Falkirk in 1746. It also honours the family of Falkirk-born, US shipping millionaire, Robert Dollar who gifted 13 bells to hang in the church tower — — Map (db m88098) HM
Colonel Robert Munro died at Falkirk Muir when Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites defeated government troops in 1746. Munro's death was 'universally regretted even by those who slew him' — — Map (db m88096) HM
Constructed:
Grangemouth to Glasgow - 1768-77
Glasgow to Bowling 1785-90
Closed: 1963 - - - Re-opened: 2001
Engineers: J. Smeaton, R. Mackell, R. Whitworth
This canal, which in addition to inland traffic, accommodated full-masted . . . — — Map (db m88039) HM
Sir John de Graeme, William Wallace's right hand man, died during the Battle of Falkirk, when the English defeated Wallace in 1298. Victorian admirers honoured de Graeme's tomb with a wrought iron canopy and replica sword.
'They carried him . . . — — Map (db m88042) WM
(Front)
This Memorial Fountain
is erected
near the spot where
Sir John De Graeme Fell
(Back)
Presented by
Robert Dollar ESQ,
of San Francisco
To Falkirk his native town
in honour of
Sir John De Graeme
and . . . — — Map (db m88100) HM
This stone marks the grave of Sir John Stewart of Bonkhill, who died at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298. He was brother of High Stewart of Scotland, ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute. — — Map (db m88043) WM
The Antonine Wall was built by the Roman army in the 140's AD on the orders of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. For 20 years or more, the Wall was the north west frontier of the Roman Empire. It ran for 40 miles (64 km) from modern Bo'ness on the Forth . . . — — Map (db m86748) HM
The 3rd Marquess of Bute erected this Celtic cross in 1877 to the gallant men of Bute'. They died to a man defending their leader, Sir John Stewart, at the Battle of Falkirk, in 1298 during the Wars of Independence. — — Map (db m88044) WM
From where you are standing, most of the defences of the Roman fort of Rough Castle are behind you. In front of you are the remains of a system of Roman pits which were re-excavated in 1903 and have since been kept open. These originally consisted . . . — — Map (db m86757) HM
The graveyard was cleared in the 1960s leaving only a handful of memorials of historical significance. The grave of Sir John de Graeme who died at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298 fighting alongside William Wallace is surrounded by a decorative . . . — — Map (db m88046) HM
Immediately in front you can see the Antonine Wall ditch, which forms the northern defences of the Roman fort. The drawing is a bird's-eye view of the site from this position, showing the Roman fort and annex as they would have appeared during . . . — — Map (db m86758) HM
Blackness Castle was built in the 15th century beside the harbour serving the important royal burgh of Linlithgow. It was used as a state prison until the 1707 Treaty of Union, holding for the most part of high or middle rank. The best known . . . — — Map (db m88487) HM
