Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708409

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS94NE 8 97923 46401

(NS 9792 4639) Cross (NAT)

OS 25" map (1910)

A 17th century market cross consisting of four steps with a base and cornice, and a square shaft crowned with a deep cornice and pear-shaped finial. On the shaft is an inscription giving mileages from Edinburgh - Ayr.

In 1679 Lord Somerville records a cross having been erected at Carnwath in 1516 by a predecessor, Hugh, Lord Somerville.

J W Small 1900; Orig Paroch Scot 1851

A market cross as described by Small except that the finial was blown down about five years ago and replaced by a small basin-like stone.

Visited by OS (EGC) 8 February 1968