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Aberlady, Main Street, Market Cross
Market Cross (18th Century)
Site Name Aberlady, Main Street, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mercat Cross
Canmore ID 54888
Site Number NT47NE 3
NGR NT 46428 79932
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54888
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Aberlady
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT47NE 3 4642 7993.
(NT 4642 7993) Cross (NR)
OS 25" map (1924)
Aberlady Market Cross, the top of which is missing, stands on the N side of the village street. It consists of a square-sectioned shaft 6' in length, 10" in diameter, inserted in a plinth 2'3" square and 1'11" high resting on a graduated base of four tiers 3'8" in height with a maximum diameter of 9'1". The shaft has been renewed.
RCAHMS 1924; J Small 1900
No change to previous information.
Visited by OS (BS) 13 October 1975
Aberlady Mercat Cross dates from the 18th century.
J Knight and J Gifford, undated
Field Visit (2 June 1913)
The cross stands on the north side of the village street; it consists of a square sectioned shaft 6 feet in length and 10 inches in diameter inserted in plinth 2 feet 3 inches square and 1 foot 11 inches high resting on a graduated base of four tiers 3 feet 8 inches in height with a maximum diameter of 9 feet 1 inch. The shaft has been renewed.
The Cross is illustrated in Small's Scottish Market Crosses, Plate 75.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 2 June 1913.
