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Millholm Cross
Cross (Medieval)
Site Name Millholm Cross
Classification Cross (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Newcastleton, Millom Cross
Canmore ID 67869
Site Number NY48NE 2
NGR NY 47639 86111
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67869
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Castleton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NY48NE 2 4763 8611.
(NY 4763 8611) Millholm Cross (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Millholm Cross, set up in memory of a laird of Mangerton (NY48NE 3) stands within a railing in a field about a mile S of Newcastleton. The original part of the cross is 8 ft 3 ins high apart from the base, which is 1 ft 8 ins high. A modern top has been added to the upper limb. On the shaft, just below the cross-head, are the initials MA and AA in relief; below these is an incised sword with a rounded pommel and straight quillons.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1931; Statistical Account (OSA) 1795; A Mack 1926
Millholm Cross (name confirmed) is as described.
Visited by OS (TRG) 24 June 1979.
Name noted by Ordnance Survey surveyor on information board at site as 'Milnholm Cross'. Not verified.
Information from OS Southampton (DN) 2 December 1999.
Field Visit (February 1996)
The Armstrong Clan Trust have erected a noticeboard at the gate leading to the cross, recording a tradition that it was 'erected c.1320AD to the memory of Alexander Armstrong, Lord of Mangerton, following his murder at Hermitage Castle. His sorrowing attendants are believed to have rested at this spot on the way to Ettleton churchyard'.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) February 1996
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
