Scotland. The Duke of Hamilton (the most senior non-royal Scottish noble and the Grand Master of Scotland) led a procession of masonic lodges, royal commissioners and other dignitaries from Parliament Square to the top of Calton Hill. The procession was escorted by the Scots Greys and the 3rd Dragoons. The deposition of the inscription plates in the stone was accompanied by cannon salutes from Edinburgh Castle, Salisbury Crags, Leith Fort and the royal squadron on Leith Roads. Ideas for completion Early proposals for completion work tended to focus on following the original plans; however, during the early 20th century several alternative plans were proposed: as a monument to Queen Victoria (1901) as a monument commemorating the 1707 Act of Union with England (1907) as a new Scottish National Gallery (1907) as a Scottish Parliament building (1908) as a memorial to those who fell in the Great War (1918, George Washington Browne) Subsequent attempts to 'complete' the National Monument have never borne fruit for reasons of either cost or lack of local enthusiasm. A proposal in 2004 met with a mixed reception. The monument was repaired in December 2008, repositioning one of the stone lintels that had moved out of alignment. The cost was £100,262. Protection The National Monument was classified as a Category A Listed building in 1966. It is not a scheduled monument. References Further reading External links Archiseek - National Monument Edinburgh Architecture - National Monument 'A Building from which Derived "All that is Good". Observation on the Intended Reconstruction of the Parthenon on Calton Hill' by Marc Fehlmann in the online art magazine Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 1829 establishments in Scotland Buildings and structures completed in 1829 Calton Hill Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh Listed monuments and memorials in Scotland Military of Scotland Monuments and memorials in Edinburgh Napoleonic Wars Scotland Scottish military memorials and cemeteries Unfinished buildings and structures