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Gordonstoun, Michael Kirk, Ogston Market Cross
Market Cross (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gordonstoun, Michael Kirk, Ogston Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Gordonstoun House Policies; Gordonstoun School
Canmore ID 16118
Site Number NJ16NE 16.01
NGR NJ 19279 68920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16118
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
(NJ 1928 6892) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map, (1938)
Ogston Market Cross is probably ecclesiastical. There are no steps. The pedestal is 2 feet square, 14 inches deep and so chamfered for nearly half this depth as to contract the top to 17 inches square. The shaft and capital are one; the shaft is oblong 9ins by 6ins with splayed corners; on the east side is a hole above which is a hammer-shaped mark; on the west side are two crosses; the capital has a rectangular hole through it 3ins x 4ins. The overall height is 8ft 2ins. It is situated in the churchyard (NJ16NE 16.00).
R Douglas 1936.
Generally as described by R Douglas (1936).
Visited by OS (R D L) 27 November 1962.
Cross is part of category A listed group with Kirk and burial ground
Photographic Survey (20 August 2013)
Photographed for the Listed Buildings Area Survey 2013-14.
