Highland_Mary_(statue)

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Highland Mary (statue)

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Highland Mary is a Category B listed ((LB26437)) monument in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, west of Scotland, dedicated to Mary Campbell (March 1763 – 1786), born at Auchamore Farm in Dunoon, was the lover of Robert Burns.[1]

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The statue, unveiled on 21 July 1896,[2] the centenary of Burns' death, and made of bronze, was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson. It stands, facing southeast, on a round ashlar pedestal with an octagonal cap and base. It is inscribed Burns Highland Mary.[3]

A reduced size (96 cm (38 in)) plaster copy of the statue is held in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in South Ayrshire.[4]

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  1. [1]
    "The Creation and Controversy of Dunoon's Highland Mary". Castle House Museum. 21 June 2022.
  2. [2]
    Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 444
  3. [3]
    Statue of "Highland Mary" - Historic Environment Scotland
  4. [4]
    "Statue of 'Highland Mary' reduced copy of original statue of Mary Campbell at Dunoon". burnsscotland.com. Burns Scotland. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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