Bruce Monument - Revision history

Ross at 12:47, 28 July 2025

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Ross at 14:32, 11 October 2021

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	[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]		[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]
	[[Category:House of Falkland and designed landscape]]		[[Category:House of Falkland and designed landscape]]
			[[Category:Monuments]]

Ross at 06:03, 3 April 2021

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	\| '''Latitude & longitude''' \|\| 56°15′15″N 3°14′49″W		\| '''Latitude & longitude''' \|\| 56°15′15″N 3°14′49″W
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	~~\| '''Listing''' \|\| Category B~~
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	~~\| '''Listing reference''' \|\| LB8767~~
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	\| '''Reference:''' LB8767		\| '''Reference:''' LB8767
	\| '''Date:'''		\| '''Date:''' 01/02/1972
	\| '''Category:''' B		\| '''Category:''' B
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Ross at 06:02, 3 April 2021

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	\| '''Architect''' \|\|		\| '''Architect''' \|\|
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	\| '''OS grid ref''' \|\| NO 22848 ~~7552~~		\| '''OS grid ref''' \|\| NO 22848 07552
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	\| '''Latitude & longitude''' \|\| 56°15′15″N 3°14′49″W		\| '''Latitude & longitude''' \|\| 56°15′15″N 3°14′49″W
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	! colspan=3 \| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8767 HES record for LB8767]</ref>		! colspan=3 \| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8767 HES record for LB8767]</ref>
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	\| '''Reference:'''		\| '''Reference:''' LB8767
	\| '''Date:'''		\| '''Date:'''
	\| '''Category:'''		\| '''Category:''' B
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	\| colspan=3 \| '''Address/Site Name'''		\| colspan=3 \| '''Address/Site Name'''

Ross at 06:01, 3 April 2021

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	{\| class=wikitable		{\| class=wikitable
	!HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8767 HES record for LB8767]</ref>		! colspan=3 \| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8767 HES record for LB8767]</ref>
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	\| '''Address/Site Name'''		\| '''Reference:'''
			\| '''Date:'''
			\| '''Category:'''
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			\| colspan=3 \| '''Address/Site Name'''
	House Of Falkland Estate, Tyndall Bruce Monument On Black Hill		House Of Falkland Estate, Tyndall Bruce Monument On Black Hill
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	\| '''Description'''		\| colspan=3 \| '''Description'''
	Dated 1855. Tall tapering 2-stage obelisk monument on graduated circular base. Squared, stugged rubble. Rusticated margins. Segmental-arched entrance opening to S with flanking narrow round-arched slit openings. Projecting ashlar band course above base. Rectangular memorial plaque to N.		Dated 1855. Tall tapering 2-stage obelisk monument on graduated circular base. Squared, stugged rubble. Rusticated margins. Segmental-arched entrance opening to S with flanking narrow round-arched slit openings. Projecting ashlar band course above base. Rectangular memorial plaque to N.
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	\|'''Statement of special interest'''		\| colspan=3 \| '''Statement of special interest'''
	This tall landmark monument was built by Margaret Tyndall Bruce as a memorial to her husband, Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce. Sited at the top of Black Hill, the monument is prominent in the surrounding landscape and is a continuing reminder of the importance of Tyndall Bruce to the House of Falkland Estate. [...]		This tall landmark monument was built by Margaret Tyndall Bruce as a memorial to her husband, Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce. Sited at the top of Black Hill, the monument is prominent in the surrounding landscape and is a continuing reminder of the importance of Tyndall Bruce to the House of Falkland Estate. [...]
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	==Further references==		==Further references==
	"Tyndall-Bruce [''sic''] Monument on Black Hill, 1.4 km W, a large squat obelisk of 1855.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife\|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 225.</ref>		"Tyndall-Bruce [''sic''] Monument on Black Hill, 1.4 km W, a large squat obelisk of 1855.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife\|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 225.</ref>
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	"The Bruce Monument. This building, whose site is on the furthest north ridge of the Black Hill, is progressing rapidly. We understand it is to be above sixty feet in height, and the thickness of the wall at the base is about nine feet. Altogether it promises to be a very massive and lasting building, and, without doubt, will be some ornament to the hill."		"The Bruce Monument. This building, whose site is on the furthest north ridge of the Black Hill, is progressing rapidly. We understand it is to be above sixty feet in height, and the thickness of the wall at the base is about nine feet. Altogether it promises to be a very massive and lasting building, and, without doubt, will be some ornament to the hill."
	<ref>''Fife Herald'', 17 September 1857, quoted in ''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 72.</ref>		<ref>''Fife Herald'', 17 September 1857, quoted in ''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 72.</ref>

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	==~~Gallery~~==		==Further images==
	~~[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]~~
	<gallery mode=packed>		<gallery mode=packed>
	~~File:P1040077.JPG\|The monument~~
	File:Bruce Monument entrance.JPG\|The entrance		File:Bruce Monument entrance.JPG\|The entrance
	File:Bruce Monument Plaque.JPG\|The plaque		File:Bruce Monument Plaque.JPG\|The plaque

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Gallery

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	[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]		[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]
			[[Category:House of Falkland and designed landscape]]

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Further references

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	==Further references==		==Further references==
	"Tyndall-Bruce [''sic''] Monument on Black Hill, 1.4 km W, a large squat obelisk of 1855.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife\|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 225.</ref>		"Tyndall-Bruce [''sic''] Monument on Black Hill, 1.4 km W, a large squat obelisk of 1855.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife\|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 225.</ref>

			"The Bruce Monument. This building, whose site is on the furthest north ridge of the Black Hill, is progressing rapidly. We understand it is to be above sixty feet in height, and the thickness of the wall at the base is about nine feet. Altogether it promises to be a very massive and lasting building, and, without doubt, will be some ornament to the hill."
			<ref>''Fife Herald'', 17 September 1857, quoted in ''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 72.</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	File:P1040077.JPG\|The monument		File:P1040077.JPG\|The monument
	File:Bruce Monument entrance.JPG\|The entrance		File:Bruce Monument entrance.JPG\|The entrance
			File:Bruce Monument Plaque.JPG\|The plaque
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]		[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]