Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708445

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS98NW 8 93120 87515

(NS 9312 8751) Cross (NR)

OS 6" map, (1966)

Kincardine market cross, standing at the S end of the High Street, consists of an octagonal shaft with a moulded base and capital, placed on a rise of six octagonal steps. Above the square abacus is a stone sculptured with the arms of the Earls of Kincardine on the one side and a thistle ornament on the other. The cross must be later than 1647. when the Earldom was created.

RCAHMS 1933.

The market cross is in good condition and as described.

Visited by OS (M H) 13 July 1953.