Tweed's Cross
Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tweed's Cross
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Flecket Hill
Canmore ID 48484
Site Number NT01SE 1
NGR NT 0572 1384
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48484
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT01SE 1 0572 1384
(Name: NT 0570 1386) Tweed's Cross (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, 2nd series, (1911)
(Centred NT 0570 1394) This cross, formerly situated about 35 chains ENE of Flecket Hill, was erected before the Reformation to guide people from one monastery to another. It was later used as a 'divisional landmark'. There are no remains to be seen.
A Pennecuik 1715; Name Book 1857.
No trace of this cross remains.
Visited by OS (W D J) 14 September 1959.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Evidence for this site, or the origins of this site, comes from documentary sources. Nothing may be visible at this location.
Information from SBC.
