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Ayr, Fish Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ayr, Fish Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 41792
Site Number NS32SW 24
NGR NS 3379 2204
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41792
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32SW 24 3379 2204.
(NS 3379 2204) Fish Cross (NR) (Site of)
OS 25" map (1961)
The Fish Cross, which marked where the fish market was held, was erected in 1539 (R W Brash and A Leach 1972). It was the town cross of Ayr in all but name (A I Dunlop 1953). It was removed in December 1854 (Name Book 1855) and its site is marked by a cross of stones set into the roadway, and noted on a plaque on the wall of 45 and 47 High Street.
J Stillie 1864; R Gourlay and A Turner 1977
There is no trace of this cross; its site is indicated on the ground in the way noted above.
Visited by OS (JLD) 28 December 1955
The site is as described in the previous information.
Visited by OS (MJF) 28 October 1980
