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Elgin, Muckle Cross
Market Cross (Post Medieval)
Site Name Elgin, Muckle Cross
Classification Market Cross (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mercat Cross
Canmore ID 16623
Site Number NJ26SW 16
NGR NJ 21630 62860
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16623
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 16 21630 62860.
(NJ 2163 6285) Muckle Cross (NR) (Site of)
OS 25" map, (1871)
The Mercat Cross of Elgin, commonly known as the Muckle Cross, stood, until circa 1792 AD, on a site just east of St. Giles Kirk (NJ26SW 15). The structure removed at that date seems to have been erected in the reign of Charles I and consisted of a hexagonal platform or raised balcony 12 feet high, from the centre of which rose a tall shaft surmounted by the Scottish Lion. The Lion alone survived, and the present Cross, erected on the old site in 1882, is, in all other respects, a restoration.
R G Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
The present Muckle Cross is partly housed in a hexagonal structure mounted on four steps and containing stairs around a central shaft (the shaft appears to be modern) which is surmounted by a lion as described by R G Cant and I G Lindsay (1954). Above the entrance on the west side is an inscription which states that "Ye Muckle X of Elgin" was built about 1650, and otherwise confirms Cant and Lindsay (1954).
Visited by OS (R D L) 10 December 1962.
