Dod's Corse Stone, Boon
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Dod's Corse Stone, Boon
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Boon
Canmore ID 55794
Site Number NT54NE 13
NGR NT 5821 4633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55794
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Legerwood
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT54NE 13 5821 4633.
(NT 5821 4633) Dod's Corse Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
Dod's Corse Stone is a shaft of sandstone sunk into a square block of the same material, and is said to have been the place where a market was at one time held for the vicinity. The remaining fragment of this stone has the shaft of a cross on opposite sides, in relief on one side, incised on the other.
Name Book 1857; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 (J Walker); RCAHMS 1915, visited 1912
The cross was not of an ecclesiastical nature but marked the spot where John Cranston of Corsbie was slain by James Wicht, who was tried on 3rd March 1612, and sentenced to be beheaded. This date is generally understood to fix the date of erection of the cross.
A Thomson 1902
The broken-off shaft is rectangular in section, 0.3m by 0.25m, and projects 0.6m from a base 0.65m square. The incised cross upright is on the N face and the relief is on the S face.
Visited by OS (JFC) 24 February 1955
As described by the previous authorities.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 October 1962
Field Visit (May 1912)
247. ‘Dod's Corse Stone’, Dods.
On the north side of a plantation some ¾ mile due south of Dods farm steading is the fragment of a stone bearing this name, having on opposite sides what appears to be the shaft of a cross, in relief on one side, incised on the other.
RCAHMS 1915, visited May 1912.
OS Map: Ber., xx. SW.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
