Buchanan Monument, Killearn
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Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 4 Dec 2016
This obelisk was erected in 1788 in honour of the scholar and historian George Buchanan, who was born in Killearn in 1506. Seen from the southern end of Balfron Road.