Scottish National War Memorial

[1] It is housed in a redeveloped barrack block in Crown Square, at the heart of the castle, and incorporates numerous monuments.

[2] This includes all Scots who were killed as a result of enemy action or who died as a result of wounds, diseases, or injuries while serving in the British Armed Forces, the Merchant Navy, the armed forces of the Dominions, the women's services, and the nursing services, together with all members of Scottish regiments.

Sir Robert Lorimer, the architect of the Order of the Thistle's Thistle Chapel in St Giles' Cathedral[1] and one of the architects involved in the Imperial War Graves Commission,[3] was appointed in 1919, but opposition to a large-scale monument arose from the Cockburn Association and others concerned with the castle's heritage.

A more modest scheme to remodel the North Barrack Block was finally agreed in 1923, and the memorial was formally opened on 14 July 1927 by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII).

[4] The exterior of the building is decorated with gargoyles and sculpture by Pilkington Jackson, John Marshall[5] and Phyllis Bone,[6] whilst the interior contains elaborate wall monuments commemorating individual regiments.