Monument Name: | Highland Mary |
Location: | Castle Hill Dunoon Argyll and Bute Scotland |
Designer: | David Watson Stevenson |
Type: | Statue |
Material: | Bronze |
Open: | 1896 |
Dedicated To: | Mary Campbell |
Coordinates: | 55.9457°N -4.9232°W |
Highland Mary is a Category B listed monument in Dunoon, Scotland, dedicated to Mary Campbell, the lover of Robert Burns.[1] The statue overlooks the Firth of Clyde.
The statue, unveiled on 21 July 1896,[2] the centenary of Burns' death, and made of bronze, was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson. It stands, facing southeast, on a round ashlar pedestal with an octagonal cap and base. It is inscribed Burns Highland Mary.[3]
A reduced size (96cm (38inches)) plaster copy of the statue is held in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in South Ayrshire.[4]