Bruce Monument

Building summary
Name	Bruce Monument
Address
Postcode
Other names	Tyndall Bruce Monument
Date	1855
Architect
OS grid ref	NO 22848 7552
Latitude & longitude	56°15′15″N 3°14′49″W
Listing	Category B
Listing reference	LB8767

The Tyndall Bruce Monument is a monument on Black Hill, within the House of Falkland designed landscape, erected in memory of Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce.

HES listing details
Address/Site Name House Of Falkland Estate, Tyndall Bruce Monument On Black Hill
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.
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. [...]

Further references

"Tyndall-Bruce [sic] Monument on Black Hill, 1.4 km W, a large squat obelisk of 1855.

Gallery

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  The monument
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  The entrance
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  The plaque