The Scott Monument

Website: http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venues/scott-monument

Location: The Scott Monument, E. Princes St Gardens, EH2 2EJ

The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic tower built to commemorate Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. Standing on the edge of Princes Street Gardens, it is the largest monument to a writer in the world standing 200ft and 6inches high, the monument has a series of viewing platforms reached by narrow spiral staircases.