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Title
Duke of Gordon's Monument
Date
1839
Medium
stone
Measurements
Plinth: H 2400 x W 206 x D (?) cm
Accession number
IV30_DM_S014
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Moray Council
Custodian
Moray Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Listing date
20/08/81
Access
at all times
Inscription description
LADY HILL / MONUMENT / ERECTED IN 1839 THE / 80FT HIGH TUSCAN / COLUMN CARRIES A / 12FT HIGH STATUE OF / GEORGE 5TH AND LAST / DUKE OF GORDON A / RENOWNED AGRICULTURE / AND SOLDIER; THIS COLUMN / IS / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE, THE LAST / DUKE OF GORDON. / THE PATRON AND GENEROUS PROMOTER OF AGRICULTURE / A GALLANT AND DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER A WARM AND / ZEALOUS FRIEND AND A NOBLEMAN DESERVEDLY POPULAR / WITH ALL RANKS OF SOCIETY. / THIS COLUMN WAS BUILT BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN 1839 AND EMBELLISHED BY THE ERECTION OF THE STATUE / IN 1855 IN TERMS OF A BEQUEST BY ALEXANDER CRAIG / ESQUIRE OF CRAIGTON ASSISTED CHIEFLY BY MEMBERS / OF THE MORAYSHIRE FARMERS CLUB