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Catherine's Cross, Tain
Boundary Marker (Medieval)(Possible), Cross (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Catherine's Cross, Tain
Classification Boundary Marker (Medieval)(Possible), Cross (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) St Katherine's Cross; Crois Caitrion
Canmore ID 15319
Site Number NH88SW 1
NGR NH 8284 8046
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15319
- Council Highland
- Parish Tain
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH88SW 1 8284 8046
(NH 8284 8046) Catherine's Cross (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Catherine's Cross was at one time situated on a small conical mound, where an annual market was held by the people of Tain, but was removed many years ago (Ordnance Survey Name Book [ONB] 1871).
Crois Caitrion may have been a girth cross of Tain (Watson 1904).
An inquest of 1439 (copy in burgh records (information from municipal corp records)) refers to the girth between four crosses which marked the four corners (OPS 1855).
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; Name Book 1871; W J Watson 1904.
The site of Catherine's Cross appears to be a natural mound, covered with dense whin bushes.
Visited by OS (J B), 21 September 1977.
Note (1979)
Catherine's Cross NH 828 804 NH88SW 1
This cross, which may have been a girth cross of Tain, was removed before 1871.
RCAHMS 1979
(OPS 1851-5, ii, 428; Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 29, p. 95; Watson 1904, 33)
