Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 February 1986. Monument.

Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID: keen-belfry-thistle
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Glasgow City
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 10 February 1986
Type: Monument
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Martyrs' monument erected 1847 by public subscription to commemorate John Baird and Andrew Hardie who were executed in Stirling, September 1820, "suffering death for the cause of freedom". The classical monument is composed of a tall pedestal with bellcast cap, supporting a draped urn, standing on a raised plinth, approximately 5m high, in grey sandstone. Inscribed panels on each face of plinth, has relief sculpture of classical scene on one face of pedestal.

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