Bruce Monument

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Building summary
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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

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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[1]
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. [...]

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