High up on the summit of Carlton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, stands the countrys National Monument.
If completed, it would have resembled the iconic Parthenon of Athens.
Instead, all the Scottish could muster was to erect twelve pillars.
Architect Charles Cockerall and William Henry Playfair dreamed up an ambitious monument.
Despite inadequate funds, it was decided that work would begin on the structure in 1826.
Not surprisingly, in just three years, with only twelve stone pillars raised, the funds dried up.
Despite several attempts in successive years to complete the building, the National Monument remains very much unfinished.
