Gateway Marker, Catherine Street
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Gateway Marker, Catherine Street
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 25 Apr 2022
This artwork on Catherine Street is by Marion Smith https://www.marionsmithsculptor.co.uk/commissions/cowgate-gateway-markers/. The boar and tree are similar to images found on a Roman distance slab found at Eastermains, Kirkintilloch, now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/ecatalogue/106713. The boar is a symbol of the Twentieth Legion, who constructed part of the Antonine Wall, which ran through what is now Kirkintilloch.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.939529
Longitude
-4.155702