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Macduff, Church Street, Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Macduff, Church Street, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Doune Parish Church
Canmore ID 19296
Site Number NJ76SW 2
NGR NJ 70128 64381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19296
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Gamrie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ76SW 2 70128 64381
Macduff market cross bears an inscription to the effect that it was rebuilt in 1783. It rests on a square pedestal fixed on the top of a high wall. The shaft is rectangular in section and the head is of a peculiar formation, having a band running in a line with the transverse limbs of the cross, and bearing the motto "Virtute et Opera" above which on both sides of the cross in a recessed panel, are the arms of the town.
J W Small 1900.
NJ 7012 6438. The cross, situated opposite Doune Parish Church, is as described above.
Visited by OS (EGC) 4 October 1961.
No change.
Visited by OS (RL) 25 January 1968.
