Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 55.9509 / 55°57'3"N
Longitude: -3.1062 / 3°6'22"W
OS Eastings: 331018
OS Northings: 673652
OS Grid: NT310736
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y43S
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.8P39
Plus Code: 9C7RXV2V+9G
Entry Name: Memorial Fountain, Abercorn Park, Abercorn Terrace, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 1 Abercorn Public Park Memorial
Listing Date: 4 September 1995
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363373
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26698
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200363373
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Fountain
1914. Free-standing monument with two drinking fountains to W and E, plaque to N, saying: "This fountain has been erected in rememberance of Dr Hugh Dewar- Portobello- by his grateful patients and numerous friends who deplore the loss in the prime of manhood of a kind and skilled and beloved physician- his quiet charity was known to the needy- 1866-1914", and bronze relief portrait to S. Granite- polished at base level. Moulded base course, and obelisk with ball finial above dedicatory section.
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
