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Lillards Edge, Monteath Mausoleum

Mausoleum (19th Century)

Site Name Lillards Edge, Monteath Mausoleum

Classification Mausoleum (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Douglas Mausoleum; Menteith Monument; Ancrum Mausoleum

Canmore ID 56983

Site Number NT62NW 23

NGR NT 61275 26830

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Ancrum
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Architecture Notes

NT62NW 23 61275 26830

NMRS REFERENCE

Architect: Peddie and Kinnear.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

SOUTHERN REPORTER

Ancrum Mausoleum is in course of erection on the Ancrum Estate solely for the use of General Monteath Douglas of Stonebyres. Sited on Lillards Edge, a little to the west of Jedburgh Turnpike. A chamber 16 feet square is excavated out of the rock, lined with ashlars and reached through an arched doorway from which massive abutments reach out. The top of the chamber is level with the highest point of the ridge. The ornamental part of the structure is carried to a height of 50 feet. The contractor was Mr Harkness, builder, Hawick. It is to be finished by Midsummer.

16/03/1865

(General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas K.C.B. (1787-1868) married the only surviving daughter of Sir William Monteath Scott of Ancrum.)

Activities

Photographic Survey (4 May 1959)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in May 1959.

Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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