What is recorded here
Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, 72nd Highlanders Memorial stands as a 19th Century commemorative monument and war memorial dated 1883. It marks the 72nd Highlanders on castle ground where military memory and civic life still intersect. The stone exists to be seen, remembered and walked past in the City of Edinburgh.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, 72nd Highlanders Memorial as Commemorative Monument (19th Century) (1883), War Memorial (19th Century) (1883). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The 72nd Highlanders Memorial on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade was erected in 1883 to commemorate the regiment's service, particularly during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It stands as an important war memorial and a tribute to Scottish military history.
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