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Publication Account
Date 1986
Event ID 1017450
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017450
This late medieval wayside cross stands 3m high, has a floriated head, and is apparently monolithic; the base is modem. What it actually commemorates is not so asily described. There are at least three versions of a tradition in which a military commander is reputed to have been slain here in unusual circumstances, the least implausible of which relates to the death of John, Master of Maxwell, in the running fIght with the Duke of Albany's supporters which started in Lochmaben in July 1484. However, there is no evidence that there were any Maxwells present in that battle, and the Master of Maxwell is known to have been slain in a family feud by Murray of Cockpool.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Dumfries and Galloway’, (1986).
