page_title: Shaw Monument
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Shaw Monument / History / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Shaw Monument panel. Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_page_description: The Shaw Monument is an 18th-century folly standing about 1 mile East of Prestwick, overlooking Prestwick Airport in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_section_description: The tower is round, around 50 ft or 20m high, and is built of well mortared rubble masonry, typical of 18th century follies. The internal spiral staircase is in poor condition. The tower is capped by a 'crown-like' top and originally had a viewing platform. The door was blocked up in the 1930s because of the poor state of the staircase. No door is now present, however the monument is doubly enclosed within railings and a fence.
  The tower has a coped cylindrical base, with a doorway to the East, flanked by a barred window opening and an infilled opening; the shaft of the tower is stepped in from the base and three vertically aligned windows sit above the doorway; a coped cornice lies over a well machicolated eaves course. A very worn panel to the west appears to have a faint image of a man holding a bird of prey.
  In the 1970s the tower was extensively repaired thanks to the owners of the nearby aero-engineering factory.
  The monument is shown on OS maps as standing on the line of a hedge until quite recently without any obvious access lane or footpath marked. There is a path to the monument access from the main road.
caption: Panel with worn image
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