The Old Tower and Cross, Dundee

Description The Old Tower and Cross, Dundee

Date 1/1/1880 to 31/12/1880

Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 448197

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content A stone pillar on a stepped base in a railed garden before a church with a square clock tower, with cabs or cars parked below. The small building or extension below the tower on the street side may be a cabbies' shelter. A works chimney rises to left. The Cross dates from 1586. It was first sited in the old Seagate then moved to the High Street and moved again to the Old Steeple. It was later relocated to a site further up the Nethergate, and removed again when the Angus Hotel was demolished in 1998. The tower is all that remains of the 15th century Church of St Mary's, in which the Governor and Council took refuge in 1651 when the city was besieged by the Cromwellian General Monck. It has been restored and is now open to the public.

Accession Number 2024/57

External Reference 000-000-152-285-C, 000-000-152-285-R

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2770958

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