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Reay Village, Market Cross
Market Cross (16th Century)
Site Name Reay Village, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) New Reay
Canmore ID 7352
Site Number NC96SE 30
NGR NC 95900 64553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7352
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Reay 3, Caithness, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.3m, W 0.58m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 9590 6455
Present location: beside the road in New Reay village.
Evidence for discovery: formerly it stood near Reay parish church and is traditionally known as the market cross. Another local tradition derives it from Crosskirk.
Present condition: the upper arm is missing.
Description
This cruciform stone has a cylindrical shaft and rounded arms but no ornament.
Date: ?eleventh century.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reay 3, Caithness, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.3m, W 0.58m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 9590 6455
Present location: beside the road in New Reay village.
Evidence for discovery: formerly it stood near Reay parish church and is traditionally known as the market cross. Another local tradition derives it from Crosskirk.
Present condition: the upper arm is missing.
Description
This cruciform stone has a cylindrical shaft and rounded arms but no ornament.
Date range: eleventh century or later.
References: RCAHMS 1911, no 408; Blackie & Macaulay 1998: no 29.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
The market cross has been removed from near the parish church to near the centre of the village.
Name Book 1873.
The cross, the upper arm of which is missing, measures 4ft 3ins high above ground, and 1ft 11ins across the arms.
RCAHMS 1911.
Field Visit (29 August 1910)
In the S. of the road in the hamlet of Reay there stands a rude cross, the upper arm of which is awanting. In height it measures 4' 3" above ground, and in width across the arms 1' 11". The shaft, which is cylindrical, measures 2' 9 1/2" in circumference. The arms are 9" in breadth at the intersection and diminish to 6" at their extremities. This is said to be the Market Cross removed from Old Reay situated nearer the sea.
Visited by RCAHMS, 29th August 1910.
Field Visit (26 November 1964)
The market cross is as described and illustrated (q.v.) by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (R D) 26 November 1964.
Field Visit (17 November 1981)
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 November 1981.
