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Kirkcudbright, High Street, Mercat Cross
Market Cross (16th Century)
Site Name Kirkcudbright, High Street, Mercat Cross
Classification Market Cross (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkcudbright, High Street, Tolbooth, Market Cross And Well
Canmore ID 64077
Site Number NX65SE 37
NGR NX 68076 50896
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64077
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65SE 37 6807 5089 to 6807 5090.
A market cross, dated 1610, stands at the top of the steps of the Tolbooth (Kirkcud 55 NW 9). Until the 19th century it stood north of the tolbooth, in the High Street, where a stone marks its position.
RCAHMS 1914; J W Small 1900
The market cross at NX 6807 5089 is as illustrated by Small.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
From the description given by RCAHMS its original position would appear to have been at NX 6807 5090 where there is a stone, partly tarred over, sunk in the road; this, however, could not be confirmed locally.
Visited by OS (EGC) 11 February 1965
