Highland Mary (statue)
.jpg) The statue in 2015 | |
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| 55°56′44″N 4°55′23″W / 55.945680°N 4.923193°W | |
| Location | Castle Hill Dunoon Argyll and Bute Scotland |
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| Designer | David Watson Stevenson |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Bronze |
| Opening date | 1896 |
| Dedicated to | Mary Campbell |
Highland Mary is a Category B listed ((LB26437)) monument in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, west of Scotland, dedicated to Mary Campbell (March 1763 – 1786), born at Auchamore Farm in Dunoon, was the lover of Robert Burns.[1]
The statue, unveiled on 21 July 1896,[2] the centenary of Burns' death, and made of bronze, was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson. It stands, facing southeast, on a round ashlar pedestal with an octagonal cap and base. It is inscribed Burns Highland Mary.[3]
A reduced size (96 cm (38 in)) plaster copy of the statue is held in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in South Ayrshire.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "The Creation and Controversy of Dunoon's Highland Mary". Castle House Museum. 21 June 2022.
- ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 444
- ^ Statue of "Highland Mary" - Historic Environment Scotland
- ^ "Statue of 'Highland Mary' reduced copy of original statue of Mary Campbell at Dunoon". burnsscotland.com. Burns Scotland. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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