The Scottish War Memorials Project

David McNay

This is perhaps one of the most famous statues in Glasgow, for a reason entirely unrelated to the subject matter.

This is the statue which is famous for being decorated with a traffic cone on the Dukes (and sometimes his horses) head.

You can read a short article on this here

When I took these photos the Duke was surprisingly cone-free.

Front panel detail:

Rear Panel detail:

I had trouble fitting in the side panels so I created these merged shots. They're not very good but they hopefully show the detail on these panels.

This last photo shows that while the people placing a cone might see it as a bit of fun, they have unfortunately been responsible for some damage, as you can see by the sword here:

I only just noticed that he has a pigeon occupying the space where the cone should be!