Black Watch Monument - Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross.
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Memorial to the Black Watch Regiment at Aberfeldy in Scotland.
Waymark Code: WMT8KC
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/15/2016
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Memorial to the company of the Royal Highlanders or Black Watch who gathered near this site in 1739. Their first muster actually took place on the opposite bank of the river but due to the tendency of flooding on that side this monument was erected on the Aberfeldy side on Taybridge Drive. Costing £500 of public subscription the monument was unveiled on 14th November 1887 by Gavin, Marquis of Breadalbane. The memorial takes the form of a large cairn, with a depiction of Private Farquhar Shaw on top. In 1910 a lightning strike split the monument from top to bottom and a lightning conductor was erected at a cost of £200. On 5th September 1970 the Black Watch were awarded the freedom of Aberfeldy.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: 42nd and 43rd Royal Highlanders
Marker Text:
This cairn is erected by grateful and admiring countrymen in commemoration of the assembling together at Taybridge in October 1739 of the six independent companies afterwards increased to ten of the "Freiceadan Dubh" or Black Watch who after serving in various parts of the Highlands were embedded into a regiment designated the 43rd and afterwards the 42nd Royal Highlanders whose first muster took place in May 1740 near Taybridge and also in recognition of the valour and patriotism which have since distinguished the soldiers of this corps during its illustrious career in many lands AD1887
Date of dedication: 11/14/1887
Who Put it Here?: Public subscription
Description of Memorial:
Large cairn with statue of soldier in full highland dress on the top. Situated by the bank of the River Tay.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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