Thornhill, Drumlanrig Street, Market Cross
Market Cross (18th Century)
Site Name Thornhill, Drumlanrig Street, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (18th Century)
Canmore ID 65145
Site Number NX89NE 12
NGR NX 87879 95478
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65145
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Morton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89NE 12 87879 95478.
(NX 8787 9547) Market Cross (NAT)
OS 25" map (1856)
A tall column on a massive base standing on two steps, and surmounted by a bronze flying horse, was erected at Thornhill, about 1714, by the Duke of Queensberry. Described by Hewison (J K Hewison 1912) as "market cross" and by Syme (TSA 1962) as the possibly 17th century village cross, damaged in a storm in 1954, since restored.
J W Small 1900
This is a restored 18th century market cross with a fluted shaft.
Visited by OS (SFS) 5 June 1975