Monday 26 April 2021

Political Martyrs Monument, Edinburgh

 

Political Martyrs Monument, Edinburgh

Erected in 1844, the obelisk is inscribed on one side to Thomas Muir
Thomas Fyshe Palmer
William Skirving
Maurice Margarot
and
Joseph Gerrald

 

It states on the base: Erected by the Friends of Parliamentary Reform
In England and Scotland.
1844

 

 

For more on Muir see:-

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/07/07/justice-for-thomas-muir-of-huntershill/

 

More to follow in due course.




 

Photo by Craig MacLean and not to be reproduced without permission.

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