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Brechin
Market Cross (Medieval)
Site Name Brechin
Classification Market Cross (Medieval)
Canmore ID 35073
Site Number NO56SE 25
NGR NO 5971 6019
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35073
- Council Angus
- Parish Brechin
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO56SE 25 5971 6019.
The first notice of a market cross at Brechin occurs in 1364. Ruinous in 1734, it was subsequently rebuilt, but was ultimately pulled down in 1767. Its site was marked in the roadway opposite the Town Hall until 1837.
D D Black 1839; D B Thoms 1977; R Gourlay and A Turner 1977.
