"The Temple features 9 Ionic columns, a shallow domed roof and bronze figures of the Four Seasons, by Siobhan O’Hehir. These were installed in 2002 to replace the original missing centrepiece of statue (Apollo with 9 muses and laurel wreaths) and circular pedestal. A bust of Thomson can be seen on the top of the structure. The Temple (as with the William Wallace Statue) was erected by David Stuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan on his Dryburgh Estate. Erskine was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns and a founder of the Society of Antiquaries (1780) in Scotland. He was determined that the heroes of Scotland and their history should be remembered." (from The Two Bees)
Since the area surrounding the Wallace Statue area has been cleared you can now see this statue standing out on the hill behind the Temple Of The Muses, and it is just a short walk between the 2 sites, if you visit 1 you may as well visit the other.
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