The mausoleum from the air in 2018, just before restoration began
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When General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas died in 1868, his cofin was carried up the natural escarpment of Lilliards Edge in the Scottish borders to a desolate spot known as Gersit Law, where it was interred within a spectacular white limestone mausoleum, under strict instruction that the building was to be ‘locked for all time’. Inside the crypt, two huge carvings of angels guarded the sarcophagus, while pale green light iltered down from the domed roof pierced by 48 glazed stars. The interior had been commissioned by Sir Thomas as a solitary resting place; there was no room for any other occupants.