One of two nearby caches placed at iconic positions to do with William Wallace.
There is parking for three cars at the memorial.
It is here at this monument that Wallace stayed in a nearby barn until he was captured by the English in 1305, after he was betrayed by Sir John Mentieth.
The site of the barn has been marked by a memorial cross and is a few hundred yards from the well.
After Braveheart it is a site of worldwide interest.
When you visit the Wallace Monument at Robroyston, you can still stand on the ground where William Wallace slept on a fateful August night over 700 years ago; you can still walk a short distance from the monument to the well that has for centuries borne his name; and you can still view the source of the water at which the great warrior-patriot knelt and drank.
If nothing else, this in itself would be significant, as so little is truly known of the life of Wallace that to be so sure of his exact location at any point in time is something special.
But what really matters, what makes this memorial so special, so important, is that that night's sleep was to be his last, and that drink was to be his final, as a free man.
On the night of 3rd August 1305, the man who had dedicated his life to fight for the freedom of his country ultimately lost his own personal fight for freedom.On the night of 3rd August 1305, the man who had dedicated his life to fight for the freedom of his country ultimately lost his own personal fight for freedom.
In death, the legend of Wallace was to grow so strong that within less than a decade Bruce would climb on Wallace's shoulders to wrench freedom for Scotland on the field of Bannockburn in 1314.
Wallace stands forth from the dim twilight of the past as one of the High Prophets of Nationality to us all: Honour him; worship his memory; teach his name and deeds to your children. - Italian Patriot, Giuseppe Mazzini.
On the monument you will see Latin lines.The translation is - My Son, Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. Then never live within the Bond of Slavery.
You will also see lines from the pen of Robert Burns.
The History of Sir William Wallace, by Hamilton of Gilbertfield was one of the first books Burns read other than his schoolbooks. He said later that this book gave him more pleasure than anything else.
He later wrote that the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice in his veins, which will boil along there till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest.