waterloo monument
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2024
THE WATERLOO MONUMENT IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT PRESENT DUE TO MAINTENANCE WORKS REQUIRED.
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.
please call to hire the key beforehand AS WE EXPERIENCE A HIGH VOLUME OF INTEREST AND ONLY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF KEYS.
please drop by our office on a weekday to collect them for £5. We are open 8:45am - 5pm Monday to Friday.
*For weekend hire, please collect on a friday*
The Wellington or Waterloo Monument stands on the summit of Penielheugh. It is a stone Doric column 150 feet high, built by the 6th Marquis and his tenantry to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon.
This dramatic local landmark represents the second attempt on the site by the 6th Marquis. The first, a pyramid built in 1815 to the design of William Burn fell down ‘with a tremendous crash’ only a year after construction. The existing monument in the form of a ‘Triumphal Column’ was designed by Archibald Elliot and began in 1817. It took 10 years to build, the stone being quarried locally.