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View of The Cross from Tanhouse Brae from the North East.

F 7204

Description View of The Cross from Tanhouse Brae from the North East.

Date 4/1980

Catalogue Number F 7204

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 368472

Scope and Content Mercat Cross, The Cross, Culross, Fife Culross Mercat Cross was set up in 1902 on a base from about 1600. The coats-of-arms on the top belong to: James VI, the burgh's founder; Sir James Sivewright, who paid for the cross; and Provost Cunningham. The unicorn is based on one at Stirling. The building with the crow-stepped gable immediately behind and to the right of the cross dates from about 1577. To its right, with the tower, is The Study, a 17th-century building. Near right, with the forestair, is a building of about 1700. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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