Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 October 2001. Memorial.
Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
- WRENN ID
- north-spire-equinox
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2001
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NT 253 735
- Coordinates
- 55.94893, -3.19765
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Scottish Horse Memorial, located on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, is a memorial made of pink Peterhead granite in the form of a Celtic cross. The cross features scrollwork carved on the south side of the shaft, extending about two-thirds of the way down. At the bottom of the shaft, there is a carving of a lion rampant on a shield, with all carvings executed in low relief. The memorial consists of four stages, with the third stage comprising four rusticated layers. Attached to this structure are three bronze panels that list the names of fallen soldiers. The fourth stage is a base made of large flat stones, which have rough edges. This memorial honors the men who died in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899 to 1902. It was designed by Stewart McGlashan and Son and was unveiled in 1905.
Local climate
Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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