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Falkirk, Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Falkirk, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mercat Cross
Canmore ID 46782
Site Number NS87NE 6
NGR NS 8881 7991
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46782
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS87NE 6 8881 7991.
(NS 8881 7991) Site of Market Cross (NAT)
OS 1:500 map (1860)
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) records that the site of Falkirk market cross is marked by a circle of paving stones, adjacent to the Steeple, 12' W of the Cross Well (Name Book 1860).
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1958
A charter given to Falkirk by Charles I includes authority for a market cross to be erected.
J Ronald 1899
The circle of granite setts is still visible in the roadway.
Visited by OS (JP) 10 January 1974
