List of public art in Dumfries and Galloway

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This is a list of public art in Dumfries and Galloway, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland.

Map of Scotland with the Dumfries and Galloway council area highlighted

Dumfries and Galloway comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire and the two counties collectively known as Galloway, the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire. The council area borders South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders, Cumbria in England, the Solway Firth and to the west the Irish Sea. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Annan

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Robert the Bruce The Town Hall, Annan 1875R Smith of Glasgow (architect) Statue on platformStone Category B [1]
Edward Irving Parish Churchyard, Annan 1892Dods of Dumfries Statue on pedestalMarble and granite Category B [2]
War memorial High Street, Annan 1921Henry Price Statue on pedestalBronze and marble [3]
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Balmaclellan

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Crimean War memorial Balmaclellan Parish Church c. 1856 Capped pillarSandstone1.9m tall Category B [4][5]
War memorial Balmaclellan c. 1920s ObeliskStone [6]
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Canonbie

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War memorial Canonbie 1921Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestalBronze and granite4.0m high Category CQ56614881 [7][8]
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Carsphairn

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War memorial Carsphairn 1923Messers Dods and Son CairnStone [9]
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Corsock

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War memorial Burnside, Corsock c. 1920s Obelisk on pedestalGranite [10]
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Dalbeattie

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War memorial Colliston Park, Dalbeattie 1921William Stewart MacGeorge and EA Hornel (architect) Sculpture on column and pedestal with plaquesGranite and bronze [11]
War memorial St Peter's Catholic Church, Dalbeattie Celtic wheel crossStone and brick [12]
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Dumfries

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Monument to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry English Street, Dumfries 1780Robert Adam Column on pedestal and stepsStone Category AQ17570300 [13]

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Robert Burns Church Place, Dumfries 1882Amelia Robertson Hill Statue on pedestalMarble and stone Category BQ17793546 [14]
RMS Titanic memorial Dock Park, Dumfries 1913 ObeliskGranite [15]
War memorial St John's Church, Dumfries 1922 Statue on pedestalStone [16]

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War memorial New Abbey Road, Maxwelltown Henry Price Statue on pedestalBronze and stone4.5m high [17]
The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla) Whitesands, Dumfries 1998Matt Baker, Dan Dubowitz SculptureStone [18]

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Jean Armour Dumfries 2004Nautilus Burleighfield foundry Statue group on pedestalBronze and granite [19]
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Ecclefechan

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Thomas Carlyle Ecclefechan 1929MacDonald & Creswick of Edinburgh after Joseph Edgar Boehm Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stone Category BQ17804310 Replica of 1882 original by Boehm in London[20]
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Gatehouse of Fleet

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War memorial Gatehouse of Fleet 1921 Celtic cross on pedestalGranite
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Gretna

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War memorial Opposite Old Parish Church, Gretna Green 1921Fergus J Currie Cross on pedestalStone [21]
Gretna Munitions Girls Central Avenue, Gretna 2016Andrew Brown Sculpture group on baseBronze and granite2.5m tall [22]
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Isle of Whithorn

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War memorial Isle of Whithorn c, 1920s Celtic cross on pedestalStone [23]
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Kirkcudbright

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War memorial Castle Street, Kirkcudbright 1921George Henry Paulin Statue group on pedestal/ cairnBronze and rock Category C [24][25]
Seafarer's memorial The Harbour, Kirkcudbright 1994Charlie Easterfield Statue group on pedestalWood and stone
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Kirkpatrick Durham

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War memorial Kirkpatrick Durham c. 1920s Obelisk on plinth and stepsGranite [26]
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Kirkpatrick Fleming

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War memorial Kirkpatrick Fleming c. 1920sJ W Dods and Son (Masons) Obelisk on pedestalGranite4.8m tall [27]
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Langholm

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Monument to Sir John Malcolm Whita Hill, Langholm 1836Robert Howe (architect) ObeliskStone Category BQ17809222 [28]
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm Library Garden, Langholm 1842David Dunbar Statue on pedestalMarble and granite Category C [29][30]

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War memorial Langholm 1921Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Q114168682 [31]
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Lochmaben

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Robert the Bruce Lochmaben 1879John Hutchison Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [32]
Rev. William Graham Town Hall, Lochmaben 1887 Statue in nicheStone [32]
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Lockerbie

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War memorial High Street, Lockerbie 1922Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [33]
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Mennock

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War memorial Mennock 1922George Frampton Obelisk with plaqueGranite, bronze and alabaster [34]
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Moffat

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Ram fountain High Street, Moffat 1875William Brodie Sculpture on cairn with basinsBronze and stone boulders Category BQ17791208 [35]
War memorial Moffat 1920Alexander Carrick & Reginald Fairlie (architect) Pillar on pedestalStone [36]

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Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Station Park, Moffat 1972Scott Sutherland & D Bruce Walker (designer) Plaque and surroundBronze and sandstone [37]
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Penpont

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War memorial Penpont 1921William Kellock Brown Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [38]
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Portpatrick

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War memorial Portpatrick Celtic cross on pedestalGranite [39]
MV Princess Victoria memorial Portpatrick PlaqueBronze and marble
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Stranraer

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War memorial Lewis Street, Stranraer 1920 Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Category BQ17794419 [40][41]
MV Princess Victoria memorial Agnew Park, Stranraer Anchor and memorial stone
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Thornhill

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Mercat cross Thornhill 1714James Smith Pillar on pedestalStone Category A [42]
Joseph Thomson Thornhill 1897Charles MacBride Bust on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone Category B [43]
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Whithorn

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War memorial Main Street, Whithorn c. 1920s Pillar on pedestalGranite [44]
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Wigtown

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Mercat cross The Square, Wigtown 1816 Cross on stepsStone Category B [45]
Covenanters Memorial Windy Hill, Wigtown 1858 Obelisk on pedestalStone Category BQ17798249 [46][47]
War memorial Church Lane, Wigtown 1922 CenotaphStone [48]
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