Wallace's Monument
The Wallace's Monument , also Barnweill Monument or Barnwell Monument , is a memorial in honor of the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace . It is located near the Scottish village of Symington in the Council Area South Ayrshire and should not be confused with the better known Wallace Monument near Stirling . In 2007 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in the highest monument category A.
history
On October 12, 1854, the local Ayr Advertiser magazine published a call for proposals for a memorial in honor of Wallace to be submitted to W. F. Love by New Year's Day of the following year. It won the design by William Dobie from Beith . The work, which continued until 1857, was carried out by the stonemason Robert Snodgrass . Probably the Dobies also provided the necessary financial resources. The monument was completed twelve years before the famous Wallace Monument near Stirling.
description
The neo-Gothic tower is isolated on a hill between the villages of Symington and Tarbolton . Belt cornices and a coffin cornice between the two upper floors structure the facade of the three-story sandstone building . The blunt square tower closes with a circumferential crenellated reinforcement with machiculi . Slender turrets with conical roofs protrude from the edges . A pointed cornice crowns the entrance portal with a profiled reveal on the southeast side. Blind round arches decorate the first floor on all sides. They are paired on the second floor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Wallace's Monument in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 31 '58.9 " N , 4 ° 31' 34.6" W.