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Monument to James Neilson, inventor of the hot blast process. It stands on Barstobrick Hill, on Neilson's former Queenshill estate near Ringford, Kirkcudbrightshire.
The pyramid stands 35 feet high and was erected by Neilson's son, Walter Montgomerie Neilson,in 1883.
Location: 54°55′24″N, 4°02′58″W
Text on front reads:
NEILSON
HOT BLAST
1828
Text on rear reads:
1883
W. M. N.
FECIT
The monument was built on the site of Giant's Dike, the remnant of a prehistoric fort. [1]
See: "to whose memory a pyramid, 35 feet high, was erected in 1883" - entry on 'Queenshill' - Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, 1895, p. 231
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