Scott Monument
The Scott Monument is a monument pillar located in George Square the Scottish city of Glasgow. A Doric column designed by the architect David Rhind, it is topped by a statue designed by the sculptor John Greenshields.- Type: Monument
- Description: monument to Walter Scott in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “George Square, Walter Scott’s Monument”, “Scott Monument, Glasgow”, and “Sir Walter Scott column”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include George Square and Glasgow Queen Street railway station.
George Square
Square
Photo: Archibald99, CC BY 3.0.
George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square, St Andrew's Square, St Enoch Square, Royal Exchange Square, and Blythswood Square on Blythswood Hill.
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line terminals; the larger is Glasgow Central. Glasgow Queen Street railway station is situated 540 feet northwest of Scott Monument.
Glasgow Cenotaph
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow Cenotaph, also known as Glasgow War Memorial, is a war memorial which stands on the east side of George Square in Glasgow, in front of Glasgow City Chambers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glasgow and Merchant City.
Glasgow
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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.
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.
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.
Scott Monument
- Categories: memorial column and historic site
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86116° or 55° 51′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.25017° or 4° 15′ 1″ westHeight
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C7QVP6X+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 204819288OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17567456
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In Other Languages
From German to Korean—“Scott Monument” goes by many names.
- German: “Walter Scott Memorial Column”
- Korean: “월터 스콧 기념비”
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Highlights include Glasgow City Chambers and Bank of Scotland, 2 St Vincent Place, Glasgow.
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