Highland Mary (statue) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Creation and Controversy of Dunoon's Highland Mary. 21 June 2022. Castle House Museum.
  2. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZrGM8n_uNOcC&pg=GBS.PP1 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland
  3. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB26437 Statue of "Highland Mary"
  4. Web site: Statue of 'Highland Mary' reduced copy of original statue of Mary Campbell at Dunoon . burnsscotland.com . Burns Scotland . 20 July 2020.