Napoleon Pillar off Carsebridge Road, Alloa is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1974. Column.

Napoleon Pillar off Carsebridge Road, Alloa

WRENN ID: rooted-spandrel-jet
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Clackmannanshire
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 1 June 1974
Type: Column
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

An antique Roman Doric column about 10 feet tall with a dome cap on top of an abacus (flat slab), probably dating from the Roman occupation of Egypt.

A plate reads: This Pillar / was conquest of Napoleon at Grand Cairo in Egypt / in the year 1798 / and / having been captured by the Allies en route to France / was sent by them to Florence / where it was bought by my father C E Dede / and forwarded to / Altona Schleswig Holstein / Fraulein Dede, Altona den 14 ten August 1852. Above Pillar presented to J[ohn] B[ald] Harvey / by Miss Dede.

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