SMR 506 / NS 8851 7440
John Braid Ralston died on 31 August 1851 at 6 Montgomery Street, Ardrossan, aged 73. He was buried in a small tomb enclosure created to the east of the main drive at Glen Ellrig, overlooking the stream. Robert, the eldest son inherited Glen Ellrig estate. His mother, Catherine Ralston, the widow of John Braid Ralston, when she had surrendered it in 1828 had arranged that she would have an annuity to herself of £120 from her father’s estate in the event of her husband’s death. She died on 30 April 1853, aged 71.
The small enclosure is surrounded by a dwarf sandstone wall surmounted by a tall cast-iron railing with a gate on the north-east side. A tall stone wall on the south side provided a setting for the inscription which has now fallen and shattered into numerous pieces.
Falkirk Local History Society 