The Monteath Mausoleum on Gersit Law, 3 km from Ancrum, Scottish Borders, Great Britain

This unusual structure in a domed Byzantine style stands 15m above the surrounding hillside and is about 0.5km from the A68 road. It is the last resting place of General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas, K.C.B. (1787-1868) of Stonebyres, Lanarkshire. He married the only surviving daughter of Sir William Monteath Scott of Ancrum. Sir Thomas spent most of his army career in India serving with the 35th Bengal Infantry for 40 years. Two lions guard the entrance to the mausoleum and the stone tomb is flanked at both ends by tall sculpted angels. The building was completed before his death and a date of 1864 is inscribed on a corner stone. An inscription above the door reads:-

IN MEMORY OF
GENERAL
SIR THOMAS MONTEATH DOUGLAS K.C.B.
OF STONEBYRES LANARKSHIRE
WHO DIED XV111 OCTOBER MDCCCLXV111