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Cellardyke, Tolbooth Road, Market Cross
Market Cross (17th Century)
Site Name Cellardyke, Tolbooth Road, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (17th Century)
Canmore ID 34067
Site Number NO50SE 16
NGR NO 57322 03606
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34067
- Council Fife
- Parish Kilrenny
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO50SE 16 57322 03606
(NO 5732 0360) Cross (NR)
OS 25" map (1966)
Fleming mentions the re-erection of the shaft of the old market cross against the W front of Cellardyke town hall. It is 11" square, with the angles chamfered off, and stands about 12' high. At the top is the date 1642, and a cap bearing egg-and-dart enrichment.
Millar mentions a charter for the erection of a market cross being granted in 1578.
D H Fleming 1886; A H Millar 1895; RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927; SDD List 1962.
The cross is as described.
Visited by OS (JP) 29 May 1974.
Field Visit (23 June 1927)
Cross, Cellardyke.
Clamped to the wall of Cellardyke Town Hall is the shaft of a market cross, a pillar about 12 feet in height and 11 inches in diameter. The angles are chamfered off. At the top of the shaft is the date 1642; the cap bears an egg-and-dart enrichment.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 23 June 1927.
Photographic Survey (October 1963)
Photographs of buildings in Cellardyke, Fife, by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in October 1963.
