Scottish Horse Memorial Caledonia Hill Kensington

This is one of Johannesburg’s earliest war memorials, overlooking the site of one of the largest remount camps of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. Originally a memorial to the Scottish Horse which was later disbanded, that regiment was antecedent to the famous Transvaal Scottish Regiment formed in 1902, which saw service in both World Wars. . It contributes to sense of multi-cultural heritage. Caledonia Koppie is now better known as an easily accessible view point to the east of the city centre and sometimes used for alternative Christian devotions due to an interpretation of it as being “a cross on a green hill outside of town”. (Inventory form compiled by the City of Johannesburg in 2007)