# Waterloo Monument

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{{Short description|Memorial in Scotland, completed in 1824}}
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thumb|The entrance unlocked to the Waterloo Monument
The '''Waterloo Monument''' near [Ancrum](/source/Ancrum) in the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders) is a 150-foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the [Battle of Waterloo](/source/Battle_of_Waterloo).<ref name="waterloomonument">[http://www.scottishbordersheritage.co.uk/heritage/lastdetails.jsp?id=110] Waterloo Monument.</ref> It was designed by the architect [Archibald Elliot](/source/Archibald_Elliot), after the original [monument](/source/monument) designed by [William Burn](/source/William_Burn) collapsed.<ref name="waterloomonumentsitedetails">{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Building/Design Report (September 11, 2022, 1:45 pm) |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=233505 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk}}</ref>
thumb|left|Waterloo Monument
The monument stands on [Peniel Heugh](/source/Peniel_Heugh), OS ref: NT 653263, a hill between [Ancrum](/source/Ancrum) and [Nisbet, Roxburghshire](/source/Nisbet%2C_Roxburghshire). It is on private land, but [walkers may](/source/Freedom_to_roam) park at the [Harestanes Visitor Centre](/source/Harestanes_Visitor_Centre) and then follow the marked walk to the top of the hill. The tower can be climbed using a key which can be borrowed at a small cost from the Lothian Estates Office in nearby [Bonjedward](/source/Bonjedward).  Inside the monument is a [spiral staircase](/source/spiral_staircase) with 226 steps leading to the wooden balcony which encircles the top of the tower.<ref>Free guide to the tower available from Lothian Estates in 2022</ref> [The memorial at the Battle of Waterloo](/source/Lion's_Mound) in Belgium also has 226 steps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=presentation du site du Mémorial de la bataille de Waterloo en 1815 |url=https://www.waterloo1815.be/en/the-site/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Mémorial de la bataille de Waterloo 1815 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 1 May 2011, a temporary [zip wire](/source/zip_wire) was erected at the monument as part of a fundraising event for the [Anthony Nolan](/source/Anthony_Nolan) charity. The zip wire, built by Vertical Events, is believed to be the longest ever set up in the UK and was {{convert|1500|ft}} long.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.borderevents.com/events/eventdetails?eventid=B0A06A8D-8044-4A81-8E8C-04BCBDA936A1 |title=The Peniel Heugh Monument Zip Slide |work=Border Events |accessdate=2011-05-02}}</ref>

The monument underwent some renovation in May and June 2018 and was out-of-bounds for access.

==See also==
*[List of places in the Scottish Borders](/source/List_of_places_in_the_Scottish_Borders)
*[List of places in Scotland](/source/List_of_places_in_Scotland)

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Category:Tourist attractions in the Scottish Borders
Category:Monuments and memorials in Scotland
Category:Buildings and structures in the Scottish Borders
Category:Battle of Waterloo
Category:Military monuments and memorials

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