The Scott Monument
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic memorial to the author Sir Walter Scott. It stands in Princes Street Gardens, near to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station. The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61.11 m) high, and has a series of viewing platforms reached by a series of narrow spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings. The highest platform is reached by a total of 287 steps. It is built from Binny sandstone quarried near Ecclesmachan in West Lothian. Travel writer Bill Bryson has described it as looking like a "gothic rocket ship", which isn't far wrong. All images taken on a Fujifilm Finepix X100 and 23mm f2 Fujinon lens (with WCL-X100 fitted) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you s...