I suspect that only the older generation will remember the story of Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier who, after his master died sat for 14 years guarding his grave until he himself died in 1872. His grave is near his master's in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh's Old Town. The English philanthropist Lady Burdett-Coutts was charmed by the story and had this drinking fountain topped with Bobby's statue (commissioned from the sculptor William Brodie) erected near the entrance to the churchyard to commemorate him.

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