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Title
Langside Battlefield Memorial
Date
1887–1888
Medium
grey Binnie sandstone
Measurements
H 1630 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
G42_GB_S002
Acquisition method
purchased with public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Glasgow City Council
Custodian
Glasgow City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on cornice of the pedestal: LANGSIDE (south face); BATTLEFIELD (east face); MEMORIAL (north face); 13 MAY 1568 (south face); on the base of the pedestal: ERECTED AD 1887 (west face); ALEXANDER SKIRVING FRIBA / ARCHITECT (south face); on a plaque on the east face: THE BATTLE OF LANGSIDE WAS FOUGHT / ON THIS GROUND ON 13 MAY 1568 BETWEEN / THE FORCES OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS / AND THE REGENT MORAY, AND MARKED / THE QUEEN'S FINAL DEFEAT IN SCOTLAND / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN 1887
