Complex sentence: The Scottish Borders town of Langholm, where MacDiarmid grew up and where his closest living relatives still reside, is home to a monument in his honour made of cast iron and taking the form of a large open book depicting images from his writings.
Split into simpler sentences: The Scottish Borders town of Langholm, where MacDiarmid grew up and where his closest living relatives still reside. The town is home to a monument in his honour made of cast iron which takes the form of a large open book depicting images from his writings.