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Turriff, Old Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Turriff, Old Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19150
Site Number NJ74NW 14
NGR NJ 72321 49800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19150
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Turriff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ74NW 14 72321 49800
See also NJ74NW 194 for (new) Market Cross
(NJ 7232 4980) Site of Market Cross (NR)
OS 25" map, Aberdeenshire, (1926)
The Market Cross originally stood about 50 links east of the present cross in the High Street. The Sherriff's Court was occasionally held at it and, in 1557, an inquest, reputedly the last, was held there. It originally consisted of an upright pillar, raised on a pedestal of circular steps. It was removed in the year 1865. Nothing remains of the old cross.
Name Book 1869; Information from John Hay, Millmoss, Road Surveyor of Turriff District.
NJ 7232 4979. The site of the old Market Cross at Turriff is not marked in any way on the road surface. The present Market Cross (NJ74NW 14 at NJ 72321 49802) bears the date 1865 and does not incorporate any part of the old cross.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 12 December 1962; Information from D E S Turnball, Burgh Surveyor, Turriff.
