Archaeology Notes

Event ID 709393

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS98NE 14 98683 85948.

(NS 9868 8594) Cross (NR)

OS 25" map, (1962)

Culross Market Cross comprises an octagonal base of four steps, with a modern shaft surmounted by a unicorn on a cubical head inscribed "Restored in 1902 by the Hon Sir James Sivewright. Erected 1588." This shaft replaces that illustrated by Small, which Beveridge states was erected on an ancient base in 1819.

D Beveridge 1885; J W Small 1900; RCAHMS 1933; National Trust for Scotland nd.; SDD nd.

Visited by OS (M H) 7 July 1953.