William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Memorial Stone
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Memorial Stone is a memorial in Glasgow City, Scotland. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Memorial Stone is situated nearby to Bridge of Sighs, as well as near the peak Golfhill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Necropolis.
Glasgow Cathedral
Church
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Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Glasgow Cathedral is situated 400 feet northwest of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Memorial Stone.
Glasgow Necropolis
Cemetery
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The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral in an area bordered by the Townhead and Dennistoun districts to the north east of the modern city centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Townhead and Dennistoun.
Townhead
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townhead is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.
Dennistoun
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Maclean, CC BY 2.0.
Dennistoun is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about 1+1⁄4 miles east of the city centre.
Merchant City
Suburb
The Merchant City, a new name introduced through urban renewal by the Scottish Development Agency and the city council in the 1980s is one part of the metropolitan central area of Glasgow.
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Memorial Stone
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This memorial stone was erected by admirers from industry and science in 2007 to mark the centenary of the death of Willian Thomson, Lord Kelvin. The Renovation was initiated by the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow of which he was twice president.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8624° or 55° 51′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.23299° or 4° 13′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C7QVQ68+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 13086705450OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Golfhill and Superintendent’s House, Bridge of Sighs, Cathedral Square, Glasgow.
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