Lower Craigmailing
Socketed Stone (Medieval)
Site Name Lower Craigmailing
Classification Socketed Stone (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Cathlaw House
Canmore ID 47918
Site Number NS97SE 15
NGR NS 9892 7222
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47918
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Torphichen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 15 9892 7222
(NS 9892 7222) Cross (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1968)
This square-dressed socket-stone of grey whin is 29" square and 16" above ground, the socket is 14 1/2" x 21 1/2" x 9 1/2" deep. Round the edge of the stone is a 4" splay. The edge round the socket has been chipped and rounded and a shallow channel formed at one corner, so that it may have been used as a trough. The cross formerly stood by the roadside, but the socket stone has been moved into its present position in the adjoining field, while the shaft was taken to Cathlaw House for building purposes (Name Book 1856).
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1923
This socket stone is as described.
Visited by OS (JP) 9 August 1974.
Field Visit (8 May 1923)
Cross-socket.
In the angle of two drystone dykes on the north side of the road going to Lower Craigmailling Farm and about 220 yards west of the farm, is a square-dressed socket-stone of grey whin 29 inches [74cm] square and 1 foot 4 inches [40cm] above ground. The socket is 1 foot 2 ½ inches [36cm] by 1 foot [30cm] by 9 ½ inches [24cm] deep. Round the edge of the stone is a 4-inch [10cm] splay. The edge round the socket has been chipped and rounded and a shallow channel formed at one corner, so that the stone may have been used as a trough.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 8 May 1923
OS 6-inch map: v S.E.
