Inverbervie, Market Square, Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverbervie, Market Square, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Market Cross Of Bervie
Canmore ID 36884
Site Number NO87SW 7
NGR NO 83161 72683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36884
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Bervie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO87SW 8 83161 72683
(NO 8316 7268) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map (1923-38)
The market cross of Bervie, is a column of stone 14' high surmounted by a ball, and has a flight of steps around the base. It stands near the town-house.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845
The Market Cross of Bervie stands in a street off King Street. 'This is one of the examples in which the stepping of the Cross rises from a built pedestal or die...and not immediately off the ground. The shaft
is surmounted by a cone-shaped ball, and bears the date 1737'.
J W Small 1900
Market cross, as described by Small.
Visited by OS (NKB) 19 December 1967