Malcolm Monument Walk Langholm - Amazing views

Описание: We took this short but challenging walk up the Malcolm Monument on Whita Hill in Langholm whilst on holiday in the area.
Despite being summer, we had high winds to contend with and at 355m it was the hardest walk we'd attempted together since T's injury last year, so we appologise for the sound quality, and heavy breathing.
The effort was well worth it for some of the most amazing view we had during our week in the Scotish borders.
Links to the route are below.

About the monument -
This 100 ft high white sandstone masonry obelisk, which dominates the local landscape, was designed by Howe and erected in 1835 to the memory of Eskdale-born diplomatist and administrator Sir John Malcolm who had died two years earlier. It is situated on top of Whita Hill, a mile to the east of Langholm, and reached by footpath. Two engineers helped in its creation, Telford and, indirectly, Robert Stevenson. Telford, who had known Sir John Malcolm well and had written a laudatory poem to him in 1831, was the monument’s leading promoter, subscribing £50 out of the total of £396 by 188 well-wishers, but did not live to see it built.

The cost of erection of the obelisk by the ingenious Mr. T. Slack of Langholm was greatly reduced by the use of a modified version of the balance crane invented by Francis Watt under the direction of Stevenson for erecting

Bell Rock Lighthouse (1810) and the Melville Column, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh (1821). For this development, and innovative hanging scaffolding used for completing the pyramidal top of the monument, Slack was awarded the Gold Isis Medal of the Society of Arts.

R Paxton and J Shipway 2007

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.

Route -
Garmin - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/act...
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Komoot - https://www.komoot.com/tour/229707950...


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