Passage: The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, is Scotland's national memorial to the Scottish soldiers and sailors who died fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. Ilikusudiwa, kulingana na maandishi, kuwa "Kumbukumbu ya zamani na motisha kwa ujasiri wa baadaye wa wanaume wa Scotland". Mnara huo unatawala juu ya kilele cha Calton Hill, mashariki mwa Princes Street. Ilibuniwa wakati wa 1823-1826 na Robert Charles Cockerell na William Henry Playfair na imeundwa kwa mfano wa Parthenon huko Athens. Ujenzi ulianza mnamo 1826 na, kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa fedha, haujakamilika mnamo 1829. Hali hii ilisababisha majina ya utani anuwai kama vile "Scotland's Folly", "Edinburgh's Disgrace", "The Poverty and Pride of Scotland" na "Edinburgh's Folly".
Mwaka wa 1826