The Musselburgh Archer (Masked)

The archer represents the Roman occupation of the area during the year 80. It is also symbolic of the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh that took place in 1547, and lastly, it represents the Musselburgh Silver Arrow competition and trophy which dates from 1603 and is claimed to be the oldest sporting trophy in the world still competed for annually. The statue was designed by Svetlana Kondakova and Maja Quille, two Edinburgh College of Art graduates.