Duke of Gordon's Monument

{{Short description|Commemorative Monument in Moray, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

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| name = The Duke of Gordon's Monument

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| image = File:Duke of Gordon's Monument - geograph.org.uk - 714079.jpg

| caption = The Duke of Gordon's Monument

| location = Lady Hill, near Elgin

| designer = William Burn

| type = Tuscan column

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| height = 80 ft, excluding the statue

| begin = 1838 (column built)

| complete = 1855 (statue added)

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The Duke of Gordon's Monument is a commemorative monument on Lady Hill in Elgin, Scotland. Built in honour of George Gordon, the 5th Duke of Gordon,{{cite web |title=Duke of Gordon's Monument |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst8354.html |website=scottish-places.info |publisher=The Gazetteer for Scotland |accessdate=15 March 2019}} the monument takes the form of a Tuscan column, {{convert|80|ft}} high, and {{convert|6|ft|9|in}} wide at the base. The column is hollow, with a spiral staircase leading up the shaft which gives access to the top. It was erected in 1839, and a statue of Gordon, sculpted by Thomas Goodwillie, was installed on the top in 1855.{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |desc=Elgin, Lady Hill, Duke Of Gordon Monument |num=193860 |num2=NJ26SW 119 |access-date=20 June 2025}} It is designated as a Category A listed building.

The monument was designed by the architect William Burn of Edinburgh, who designed various other monuments including the Melville Monument in St Andrews Square. It was built at a cost of £1,240 by masons Brander and Shand,{{cite journal |title=Public Buildings and Improvements |journal=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal |date=1837 |volume=1 |page=418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meZKzbHru5gC&pg=PA418&dq=%22gordon+monument%22+elgin#q=%22gordon%20monument%22%20elgin |accessdate=15 March 2019}} and paid for from funds established by a bequest and contributed to by the Morayshire Farmers Club. Originally it was topped with a lantern, but that did not meet with critical approval{{cite book |last1=Walker and Woodworth |title=The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire North and Moray |date=2015 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=Newhaven and London |isbn=9780300204285 |pages=589}} and it was replaced by Goodwillie's statue, depicting Gordon wearing the robes of office associated with his role as Chancellor of Marischall College, Aberdeen, in 1855.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB30775|desc=High Street, Lady Hill, Duke of Gordon Monument|cat=A|access-date=20 June 2019}}