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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 701537
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/701537
NS45NE 5 4997 5854.
(NS 4997 5854) Cross (NR)
(NS 4968 5813) Cross (NR) (site of) (NAT)
OS 6" map (1970)
This 10th-11th century (J R Allen and J Anderson 1903) cross-shaft now stands at NS 4997 5854, by the roadside, set in a modern rectangular base and protected by railings. It measures 2.2m high, 0.5m wide, and 0.2m thick and is in good condition except that one face is badly worn (visited by OS (JFC) 31 March 1954). In 1857 (Name Book) it was believed that its original site had been at NS 4968 5813; however, in 1795 (Statistical Account [OSA]) it was acting as a footbridge over a stream in the area NS 497 580. It stayed there long enough to be worn smooth on one face; it was seen by the OS surveyor in 1857. It was later (approximately 1870) (J E Cooke 1873) erected in the grounds of Arthurlee House at NS 4979 5814, where it is published on later OS maps, eg OS 25" 1939. Prior to 1942 it was moved yet again by Barrhead Council to its present position (cf NS45NE 11).
R Murray 1942
