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Publication Account
Date 1997
Event ID 1019108
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019108
The market cross, later named the Flesh Cross, stood in front of the tollbooth (see Area 8), which was on site of the present day Town House, and in due course a fish cross stood further east in approximately the position of the extent market cross figure 30. The extant cross is a fine example of an early market cross. Above its arcade is a parapet divided into twelve panels; these contain armorial bearings of the Crown and the City, as well as bas-relief portraits of the Stewart monarchs from James I to James VII. A column with Corinthian cap, wreathed by thistles and roses in bas-relief, supports a coloured and gilt marble unicorn. The market cross was built in 1686 and was moved to the quieter end of the square in 1842. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
Information from ‘Historic Aberdeen: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1997).
