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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 721060
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/721060
NT75NE 8 79373 57319
(NT 7937 5731) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map, (1957).
The remains of the market cross at Preston consist of a rectangular shaft of sandstone about 5' high, set on a modern base.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 1908.
A broken rectangular shaft inserted in a modern pedestal as described above.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 August 1970.
Scheduled as Preston Market Cross, 35m ESE of 1 Preston Cottages... the remains of a market cross thought to date to the early 17th century.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 September 2009.
Cross
(remains of) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, October 2009.
