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Scott Monument, Edinburgh.

The soaring, Gothic monument to the memory of the novelist Sir Walter Scott, who died in 1832, was inaugurated in 1846. Situated in Princes Street Gardens, below Edinburgh Castle, the building rises 200.5 feet and has 287 steps to the top. The stairs are divided into three sections, each section ending with a viewing platform. The statue of Scott below the arches of the monument is made of white Carrara marble.

If you're claustrophobic, avoid going to the top when it's busy. The stairs wind narrower and narrower, and the headroom decreases, until it’s barely possible for two people to pass, feelings of panic are easy to experience here, even for the brave. Then there’s the height once you’ve reached the top.