Angus HER - NO36SE0056 - AIRLIE MEMORIAL TOWER

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Primary ReferenceNO36SE0056
NameAIRLIE MEMORIAL TOWER
NRHE Card No.NO36SE12
NRHE Numlink 192699
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 4804
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details The Airlie Memorial Tower was erected on Tulloch Hill in 1901 to commemorate Lord Lieutenant-Colonel David William Stanley Ogilvy, the 9th Earl of Airlie, who died during the Second Boer War at the Battle Diamond Hill, on the 11th June 1900 whilst leading the 12th (Prince of Wales' Royal) Lancers. Designed by T. Martin Cappon, it is a 65 feet (19.8 metres), square, Scots-Baronial tower, constructed of bull-faced local red sandstone and set on a splayed base. The top storey is crowned by a corbelled-out balustrade, with a conical-roofed circular caphouse at one corner. Around the base of the tower are carved sandstone panels representing the arms of the Airlie Family, with inscriptions and the badges of the regiments in which the late Earl served: 12th Lancers, 10th Hussars, the Bays, Scots Guards and Hants Yeomanry. It is similar in style to Balmashanner War Memorial (NO44NE0014).
Last Update26/01/2017
Updated Bynackerman
CompilerCH
Date of Compilation23/05/2014

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
BASES SPLAYEDD100
TOWERSSANDSTONEBULL-FACEDE100
PANELSARMORIAL I100
MEMORIALSWAR J100
BALUSTERS CORBELLEDF100
CAP-HOUSESCIRCULARCORBELLEDG100
CAP-HOUSESCORNER H100
TOWERSMEMORIAL A100
MEMORIALSBOER WAR B100
TOWERSSQUARESCOTS-BARONIALC100