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# Scott Monument · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Scott Monument

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) re-invented Scotland.

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- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9524&mlon=-3.1933#map=16/55.9524/-3.1933)
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## Why go

In the late Georgian era, he popularised tales of its medieval and Jacobean tumults, and created the clan tartans you buy on Princes St. This grand Gothic memorial, part cathedral part moon rocket, was completed in 1846 to dominate the east end of Princes St. It's 200 ft 6 in / 61.1 m tall, and guided tours take you up 287 steps (no lift) to the top platform, for a closer look at many of the statuettes of characters from Scott's works. The man himself and his dog sit in state at the base.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Edinburgh/New_Town)

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