1807 – Nelson Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: Robert Burn
Designed shortly after the Battle of Trafalgar,
1818 – City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: William Playfair
The third design for this Observatory,
1829 – National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: Charles Robert Cockerell
The National Monument was built as an act of deliberate folly and contrary to popular lore was not the result of lack of funds.
1881 – Calton Jail, Edinburgh
Architect: W.B. Collinson
The notorious Calton Jail was a complex comprising a Debtors’
