''Highland Mary'' is a

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monument in

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, Scotland, dedicated to Mary Campbell, the lover of

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. The statue, unveiled on 21 July 1896,''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland''
Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 444 the centenary of Burns' death, and made of bronze, was sculpted by

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. It stands, facing southeast, on a round

ashlar Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...

pedestal with an octagonal cap and base. It is inscribed ''Burns Highland Mary''.Statue of "Highland Mary"
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A reduced size () plaster copy of the statue is held in the

Robert Burns Birthplace Museum Burns Cottage, the first home of Robert Burns is located in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was built by his father, William Burness in 1757. Burns, Scotland's national poet, was born there on 25 January 1759. It is a two-roomed clay and t ...

in South Ayrshire.

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Statue of "Highland Mary"
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