The Wallace Memorial, Elderslie

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 7 Oct 2010

This memorial stands near a site which, according to long-standing tradition, is said to be the birthplace of Sir William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland. (On the Pont/Blaeu map, surveyed in the 1580s-90s, but published in the 1650s, Elderslie is shown as "Ellersly".) For the context of the memorial, see Image For a closer look at the base, see Image For other views of the structure as a whole, see Image and Image The overall shape of the memorial is like that of a mercat cross; it was designed by John C.T. Murray and J. Andrew Minty, and was erected in 1912. For further information on the memorial, see https://canmore.org.uk/site/247279/paisley-elderslie-main-road-wallace-memorial (at Canmore). Located nearby are the foundations of a seventeenth-century farm building, which was apparently built on the site of an earlier structure, and which was demolished only as recently as the 1970s; those foundations are shown in Image For further details of that building, and for an account of excavations carried out in this area in the 1990s, see https://canmore.org.uk/site/43228/paisley-elderslie-243-main-road-wallaces-house (at Canmore). The largest monument to William Wallace stands on the Abbey Craig near Stirling: Image However, another significant memorial is located in Robroyston: see Image and Image

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