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Latitude: 56.1886 / 56°11'18"N
Longitude: -3.9653 / 3°57'55"W
OS Eastings: 278128
OS Northings: 701291
OS Grid: NN781012
Mapcode National: GBR 1B.G34V
Mapcode Global: WH4NT.2Q03
Plus Code: 9C8R52QM+CV
Entry Name: Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane
Listing Name: Old Bleaching Green, Monument
Listing Date: 28 October 1976
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 362992
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26367
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200362992
Location: Dunblane
County: Stirling
Town: Dunblane
Electoral Ward: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
Traditional County: Perthshire
Tagged with: Monument
1842. Plain, cylindrical column on broad plinth, domed cap; inscribed, IN 1842 HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS GAVE A LEASE OF THIS GRASS YARD OF DUNBLANE AS A BLEACHING GREEN FOR THE INHABITANTS.
The Old Bleaching Green is now a public park but was used for drying and bleaching clothes until the 1930s. Several cast-iron washing line poles also stand about the park.
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