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Latitude: 55.4582 / 55°27'29"N
Longitude: -4.6287 / 4°37'43"W
OS Eastings: 233882
OS Northings: 621397
OS Grid: NS338213
Mapcode National: GBR 39.YBT7
Mapcode Global: WH2PW.W21J
Plus Code: 9C7QF95C+7G
Entry Name: Burns Monument, Burns Statue Square, Ayr
Listing Name: Burns Statue Square, Monument to Robert Burns Including Railings
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 356834
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB21515
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Ayr, Burns Statue Square, Burns Monument
ID on this website: 200356834
Location: Ayr
County: South Ayrshire
Town: Ayr
Electoral Ward: Ayr West
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Monument
George A Lawson (Sculptor), 1892. James A Morris (Architect). Stepped Aberdeen granite square-plan plinth; bronze relief tablets to all faces depicting 4 separate scenes; pulvinated frieze; surmounting bronze figure of Robert Burns facing S.
RAILINGS: replacement grey iron railings enclose site in circular-plan.
J Moore (founder) inscribed on statue base. The original highly elaborate iron railings and lamp standards enclosing statue, as shown in NMRS photograph dated 1893 (see References), donated by Sir William Arrol, were removed during World War II as a contribution to the war effort. Panels by G A Lawson, George E Bissell and David McGill.
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