A woman has suffered a serious head injury after falling from a stone lion at a war memorial in Aberdeen.

The area around the Cowdray Hall statue was cordoned off on Friday morning following the incident at around 2.20am.

The 20-year-old is being treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Police Scotland's sergeant Eoin Maxwell said: "Officers are making enquiries into an incident where a 20-year-old female sustained a head injury due to an apparent fall at the Aberdeen City War Memorial at Schoolhill.

"She was subsequently taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Police Scotland."

The granite lion is part of a memorial to victims of the First and Second World Wars at the junction of Schoolhill and Blackfriars Street.

It was designed by Aberdeen sculptor William McMillan and unveiled by King George V in 1925, along with Cowdray Hall.