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Account Of The Birth-Place And Monument Of Buchanan.
digent or ab Ject circumstances . The farm , which consists of a ploaeh 01 land was able , by the aid of industry and ceconomy , to keep them fl-U P f - t ] l £ nei g « ° "rhood is , to this day , called Heriot's Shields , so denominated from Buchanan's mother , whose name was Agnes Beriot , and who first used that place for the shielding ; of sheep . It is reported that he received the first rudiments of his edu ^ cation at the public school of Killearn
, which was for a long time in great repute and much frequented . He afterwards , by the liberal assistance of his uncle , George Heriot , after whom he was named , if , ^ nmbarton , Pans , & G . to complete his studies . A considerable number of old trees yet remain adjacent to the house , and are reported to have been lanted b when
p y George a boy . A mountainash , famous for its age and size , was blown down a few years ago ; but care is taken to preserve two thriving shoots , that have risen from ine ola stool . The gentlemen of this parish and nei ghbourhood ; led by a laudable ambition to contribute a testimony of respeft to their learned counlatel
tryman , y erefted , by voluntary subscription , a beautiful monument to his memory . By such public marks of approbation , bestowed upon good and great men , the living may reap advantage from the dead . Emulation is thereb y excited , and the aaive powers of the mind , stimulated by an ardour to excel in whatever is praise-worthy . Buchanan s monument is situated in the village of Killearn , and commands an extensive It is
prospect . a well-proportioned obelisk , ic , ieet square at the base , and reaching to the height of 103 feet from the ground . In the middle is a cavity of 6 feet square at the bottom graduall y diminishing till it reaches the hei ght of 54 feet , where it becomes so narrow as to receive the end of a Norway pole , which is continued to the top of the obelisk . To this pole the machinery for raisng the materials for
up building was fixed . Owing to this peculiar mode of construftion , the monument is believed to be rnuch stronger than if it were solid . The foundation was laid m June , 1788 , by the Rev . James Graham , Minister ofthe parish .. In the foundation-stone was deposited a crystal-bottle , her metically sealed , containing a silver medal , on which was ea waved the following a
INSCRIPTION : ' In memoriam . Georgii Buchanani , Poete et historici celeberrimi , Accoiis hujus loci , ultra conferentibus , Hsec Cohjmna posita est , 1788 . Jacobus CraiArchitect
g , . Edinburgen . ' This beautiful strutfure is built of i white mill-stone grit , found a little above the village of Killearn , S ' 0 Wld
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Account Of The Birth-Place And Monument Of Buchanan.
digent or ab Ject circumstances . The farm , which consists of a ploaeh 01 land was able , by the aid of industry and ceconomy , to keep them fl-U P f - t ] l £ nei g « ° "rhood is , to this day , called Heriot's Shields , so denominated from Buchanan's mother , whose name was Agnes Beriot , and who first used that place for the shielding ; of sheep . It is reported that he received the first rudiments of his edu ^ cation at the public school of Killearn
, which was for a long time in great repute and much frequented . He afterwards , by the liberal assistance of his uncle , George Heriot , after whom he was named , if , ^ nmbarton , Pans , & G . to complete his studies . A considerable number of old trees yet remain adjacent to the house , and are reported to have been lanted b when
p y George a boy . A mountainash , famous for its age and size , was blown down a few years ago ; but care is taken to preserve two thriving shoots , that have risen from ine ola stool . The gentlemen of this parish and nei ghbourhood ; led by a laudable ambition to contribute a testimony of respeft to their learned counlatel
tryman , y erefted , by voluntary subscription , a beautiful monument to his memory . By such public marks of approbation , bestowed upon good and great men , the living may reap advantage from the dead . Emulation is thereb y excited , and the aaive powers of the mind , stimulated by an ardour to excel in whatever is praise-worthy . Buchanan s monument is situated in the village of Killearn , and commands an extensive It is
prospect . a well-proportioned obelisk , ic , ieet square at the base , and reaching to the height of 103 feet from the ground . In the middle is a cavity of 6 feet square at the bottom graduall y diminishing till it reaches the hei ght of 54 feet , where it becomes so narrow as to receive the end of a Norway pole , which is continued to the top of the obelisk . To this pole the machinery for raisng the materials for
up building was fixed . Owing to this peculiar mode of construftion , the monument is believed to be rnuch stronger than if it were solid . The foundation was laid m June , 1788 , by the Rev . James Graham , Minister ofthe parish .. In the foundation-stone was deposited a crystal-bottle , her metically sealed , containing a silver medal , on which was ea waved the following a
INSCRIPTION : ' In memoriam . Georgii Buchanani , Poete et historici celeberrimi , Accoiis hujus loci , ultra conferentibus , Hsec Cohjmna posita est , 1788 . Jacobus CraiArchitect
g , . Edinburgen . ' This beautiful strutfure is built of i white mill-stone grit , found a little above the village of Killearn , S ' 0 Wld