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Located on the east side of Glen Prosen as it opens into Strathmore, the Captain Scott and Dr Wilson Cairn overlooks the Prosen Water from the slopes of Mile Hill, a mile (1.5 km) west of Dykehead.
The cairn was erected in memory of Antarctic Explorers, Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) and Dr E.A. Wilson (1872 - 1912), who had planned their ill-fated 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole in nearby Burnside Cottage, Wilson's home.
The cairn was constructed in 1981 to replace a memorial fountain which had stood here since 1919, but was accidentally demolished in 1979.
Derived from the Gazetteer for Scotland with permission.
