Alexander Iii Monument, Kinghorn Road, Kingswoodend

The Alexander III Monument, located on Kinghorn Road in Kingswoodend, was designed by Hippolyte J Blanc in 1886 and sculpted by John Rhind. This memorial stands 28 feet high and is made of red Peterhead granite, featuring a cross finial and set on natural bedrock. At the top, it is surmounted by a bronze Celtic Cross.

The monument has a two-tier base beneath the pedestal, which includes a moulded panel on the north face inscribed with the words: "TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS/ALEXANDER III/THE LAST OF SCOTLAND'S CELTIC KINGS/WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED/NEAR THIS SPOT/MARCH XIX MCCLXXXVI/ERECTED ON/THE SEX-CENTENARY OF HIS DEATH."

The upper section features battered coping leading to a reduced second stage, which includes a bronze figure sculpture on the north side. Each face of this stage has a small recessed panel displaying heraldic shields. The west face shows the Arms of Scotland and of Comte de Dreux; the east face features the Lion Rampant of Scotland and three lions of England; the south face displays the Scottish National Emblem of St Andrew on a cross; and the north face again shows the Arms of Scotland.

Above this, the square-plan shaft is adorned with engaged colonnettes at the corners, and each face is trefoil-headed and corniced. The moulded gablet cope has a carved tympanum that supports a foliate cross.