Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW0723 - FORBES OF NEWE MONUMENT, CORNHILL

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Primary ReferenceNJ90NW0723
NameFORBES OF NEWE MONUMENT, CORNHILL
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW832
NRHE Numlink 148784
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 20006
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 1
Details The Forbes Monument which originally stood in St Nicholas Church. Designed by John Smith, 1830, it is a pink granite ashlar obelisk, with square plan base surmounted by three granite steps on a splayed base. There are recessed tooled grey granite panels to each elevation commemorating John Forbes of Newe and Charles Forbes of Newe, and the building of the Royal Cornhill Asylum (NJ90NW1195). John Forbes had bequeathed £10,00 for the building of the hospital. It is depicted at this location on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps, having been moved from St Nicholas and altered by Archibald Simpson in 1838.
Last Update14/05/2020
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017

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National Grid Reference: NJ 9296 0716


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
OBELISKS  B100
MONUMENTSOBELISK A100