Scott Monument

Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott
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Scott Monument

Summary

Scott Monument is a monument[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of monument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scott Monument is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Scott Monument is located in Edinburgh[4].
  • Scott Monument is located in Edinburgh[5].
  • Scott Monument is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Scott Monument's instance of is recorded as monument[7].
  • Scott Monument's depicts is recorded as Friar Tuck[8].
  • Scott Monument took place at Edinburgh[9].
  • Scott Monument's Commons category is recorded as Scott Monument[10].
  • Scott Monument comprises Statue of Walter Scott[11].
  • Scott Monument's commemorates is recorded as Walter Scott[12].
  • 1840 marks the founding of Scott Monument[13].
  • Scott Monument's OS grid reference is recorded as NT2558573904[14].
  • Scott Monument's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.952416666667, 'lon': -3.1932777777778}[15].
  • Scott Monument's official website is recorded as http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venues/scott-monument[16].
  • Scott Monument's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[17].
  • Scott Monument's associated electoral district is recorded as Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[18].
  • Scott Monument's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[19].
  • Scott Monument's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from Scott Monument[20].

Body

Material and Period

The location of Scott Monument was Edinburgh[9].

Why It Matters

Scott Monument ranks in the top 2% of monument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Official website http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venues/scott-monument
    Category for the view from the item Category:Views from Scott Monument
    Heritage designation category A listed building
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