72nd Highlanders Memorial

72nd Highlanders Memorial is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. 72nd Highlanders Memorial is situated nearby to Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, as well as near Gate House, Edinburgh Castle.

Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland
Also known as: “72nd Highlanders Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade” and “The Afgan Needle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

Edinburgh Castle

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 470 feet west of 72nd Highlanders Memorial.

Scottish National Gallery

Art gallery

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The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. Scottish National Gallery is situated 910 feet northeast of 72nd Highlanders Memorial.

Castle Rock

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Castle Rock is a volcanic plug in the middle of Edinburgh upon which Edinburgh Castle sits. The rock is estimated to have formed some 350 million years ago during the early Carboniferous period.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Lauriston.

Old Town

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Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

Lauriston

Neighborhood

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland, and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and north of The Meadows public park.

Quartermile

Neighborhood

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

72nd Highlanders Memorial

Categories: war memorial and historic site
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.94882° or 55° 56′ 56″ north

Longitude

-3.19813° or 3° 11′ 53″ west

Inception

1885

Open location code

9C7RWRX2+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5337269693

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q77776441

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade and Monument to Colonel Mackenzie.

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