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Elgin, High Street, Little Cross
Boundary Marker (Medieval), Market Cross (18th Century) (1733), Sundial (20th Century) (1941)
Site Name Elgin, High Street, Little Cross
Classification Boundary Marker (Medieval), Market Cross (18th Century) (1733), Sundial (20th Century) (1941)
Alternative Name(s) Cathedral Approach; North College Street; South College Street
Canmore ID 16708
Site Number NJ26SW 9
NGR NJ 21909 62865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16708
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 9 21909 62865
(NJ 2190 6286) Little Cross (NR)
OS 25" map, (1871)
The Little Cross stands where the approach to the Cathedral leaves the High Street, Elgin. It was, apparently first erected in 1402 AD and marked the limits of the Cathedral Sanctuary. In its present form it consists of a tall column set on a flight of steps and capped by a sun-dial dated 1733, during which year the Cross was probably re-built but the copestone with carved figures is from some much earlier structure. The sun-dial and top of the column are now in the Museum having been replaced in facsimile in 1941.
R G Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
NJ 2191 6286. Generally described above. The original sundial was seen in Elgin Museum.
Visited by OS (R D L) 12 December 1962.
NMRS REFERENCE
Drawings, in J. Drummond's volume of 'Old Buildings' (SAS 386), but not by Drummond himself?
