Highland Council has authorised greater than £162,500 of funding to assist reopen a 117-year-old tower devoted to a Victorian soldier.
Maj Gen Sir Hector MacDonald, who was nicknamed Combating Mac, fought in wars in Afghanistan and was an aide to Queen Victoria.
He took his personal life in a Paris lodge in 1903 after fellow officers unfold rumours about his sexuality.
The 30m (100ft) MacDonald Monument in his hometown of Dingwall has been closed for a variety of years, however the brand new funding is anticipated to result in the memorial’s restoration and reopening.
The cash comes from the Scottish government-backed Group Regeneration Fund.
Highland Council will work with Dingwall Group Improvement Firm on the undertaking.
Sir Hector was the son of a Ross-shire crofter however rose by way of the ranks of the navy, from teenage soldier to senior officer.
He was thought to be an excellent navy strategist by his friends, and recognized for main his troopers from the entrance.
Rumours about sexual exercise with younger males led to threats of a court docket martial.
Nonetheless, his supporters, together with members of the Clan Donald Society, imagine the rumours have been the results of class snobbery and spite amongst fellow officers.
The monument overlooking Dingwall was opened in 1907.
