Scott Monument
 Street view of the Scott Monument | |
Interactive map of Scott Monument | |
| Location | Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Designer | George Meikle Kemp |
| Type | Victorian Gothic monument |
| Height | 61.11 m (200.5 ft) |
| Visitors | 80,975 (in 2018) |
| Beginning date | 15 August 1840 |
| Opening date | 15 August 1846 |
| Dedicated to | Sir Walter Scott |
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana. It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners building on Princes Street and near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott's Waverley novels.