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Edinburgh Monuments Guide

Edinburgh in the 18th and 19th century were great believers in leaving memorials in forms of monuments to the people they believed to be the great and good.  He is a comprehensive list of what can be found in the streets of Edinburgh.  

Edinburgh Monuments 

Monuments

Saughton Sundial 

Balgreen Road

Edinburgh

EH11 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Monuments

Buckstane Standing Stone

Braid Road

Edinburgh

EH10 6NZ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Portuguese Canon

Calton Hill

Edinburgh

EH7 5AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

National Monument

Calton Hill

Edinburgh

EH7 5AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Dugald Stewart Memorial

Calton Hill

Edinburgh

EH7 5AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Lord Nelson Tower

Calton Hill

Edinburgh

EH7 5AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Girth Cross Cobbles

Canongate Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH8 8BX

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Cannonball House

Castle Hill Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EHI 2NE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Prince Albert Memorial

Charlotte Square

Edinburgh

EH2 4HQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Covenanters 1666 Pillar

Colinton Road

Edinburgh

EH13 9QN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

John Napier Tower

Colinton Road

Edinburgh

EH10 5DU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Edinburgh Zoological Park

Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 6TS

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Kidnapped Memorial

Sir Walter Scott

Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 6TZ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

William Burton Stone

Old Craig House 

Edinburgh

EH10 5LQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Fish On Beach

Cramond Village

Edinburgh

EH4 6QU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Grain Wheels

Dean Village

Edinburgh

EH8 8BH

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Sir Walter Scott 

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2BY

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Spanish Civil War

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2EL

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Princess Louise’s Highlanders

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

 

Monuments

One O'clock Gun

Edinburgh Castle Ramparts

Edinburgh

EHI 2NE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Heart Of Midlothian Clock

Haymarket

Edinburgh

EH3 8DT

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

High Street Wellhead

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1SR

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Netherbow Wellhead

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1SR

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Mercat Cross

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Sir Chris Hoy Olympic Cyclist

Gold Post Box

Hunter Square

Edinburgh

EH1 1PD

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Old St Paul's Church

Grassmarket Cross

Jeffrey Street

Edinburgh

EH1 1DH

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Code Stones

Portobello Beach

John Street

Edinburgh

EH15 2EE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Unicorns

Lauriston Place

Edinburgh

EH1 2QP

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Lawnmarket Well

Lawnmarket Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1PW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Lions And Unicorn

Melville Drive East End

Edinburgh

EH9 1QH

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Unicorns

Melville Drive West End

Edinburgh

EH9 3JX

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Brass Founders Pillar

Nicholson Square

Edinburgh

EH8 9DL

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

David Hume Tomb

Old Calton Graveyard

Edinburgh

EH1 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Martyr's Obelisk

Old Calton Graveyard

Edinburgh

EH1 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Monuments

Muschat's Cairn

Queen's Park

Edinburgh

EH8 8JA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

St Margaret's Well

Queen's Park

Edinburgh

EH8 8JA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

St Anthony's Well

Queen's Park

Edinburgh

EH8 8JA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Robert Burns Memorial

Regent Road

Edinburgh

EH7 5BN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Democracy Cairn

Calton Hill

Waterloo Place

Edinburgh

EH7 5AA

 

Monuments

Harrison Arch

Observatory Road

Edinburgh

EH9 3HG

Monuments

Henry Dundas

St Andrew Square

Edinburgh

EH2 2AD

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Catherine Sinclair

St Colme Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4HQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Governor John Hunter

Tower Place

Edinburgh

EH6 6QW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Harpoon Gun

Tower Place

Edinburgh

EH6 6QW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Lighthouse Beacon

Tower Place

Edinburgh

EH6 6QW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

St Bernard's Well

Water Of Leith Walkway

Edinburgh

EH3 6TS

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Monuments

St George's Well

Water Of Leith Walkway

Edinburgh

EH3 6TS

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Deacon Gumley Fountain

Waverley Bridge

Edinburgh

EH2 2AB

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Prince Albert Sundial

West Meadows

Edinburgh

EH3 9HN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Zetland Jawbone

West Meadows

Edinburgh

EH9 1HY

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

St Margaret's Fountain

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH1 2EU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Ross Fountain

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH1 2EU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Royal Scots Greys

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2EY

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Norwegian Boulder

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Robert Louis Stevenson

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Belsen Concentration Camp

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2ER

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Monuments

Holocaust Memorial

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2ER

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Monuments

Bridge Workers

High Street

South Queensferry

Edinburgh

EH30 9HP

 

Monuments

Caiy Stane

Standing Stone

Caiystane View

Edinburgh

EH10 6SQ

Monuments

72nd Highlanders

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Monuments

Gallows Cobbles and Plaque

Grassmarket

Edinburgh

EH1 2JU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

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