Statue of Sir Walter Scott
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Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 16 Feb 2008
This statue stands in Market Place, Selkirk, beside the former Town House and Sheriff Court House, where Sir Walter Scott dispensed justice from 1803-32. Erected in 1839, it shows Scott in the dress of Sheriff, and the pedestal carries the arms of Scott, the arms of Selkirk, a winged harp and a Scots thistle. A new base was added to the front in 1932. (Source: Borders and Berwick, An Architectural Guide by Charles Alexander Strang).
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