78TH Highlanders Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

The monument is an 8m tall sandstone Celtic cross on a two stage plinth, carved with entwined interlace cable work, a stag's head and an Indian elephant. The monument is surrounded by decorative wrought-iron railings. It is a memorial to the men of the 78th Highland Regiment who died during the uprising against the British rule of India in 1857 to 58. It was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and was unveiled on 16 April 1862.

In additions to the names of the fallen, which are inscribed on the east, west and south faces of the base, the north faces bears the inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THE LXXVIII HIGHLAND REGIMENT WHO FELL IN / THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MUTINY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF INDIA IN THE / YEARS MDCCCLVII AND MDCCCLVIII: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED AS A / TRIBUTE OF THE RESPECT BY THEIR SURVIVING BROTHER OFFICERS AND / COMRADES AND BY MANY OFFICERS WHO FORMERLY BELONGED TO THE / REGIMENT. ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXI.