Duffus, St Peter's Burial-ground, St Peter's Cross
Market Cross (14th Century)
Site Name Duffus, St Peter's Burial-ground, St Peter's Cross
Classification Market Cross (14th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Duffus, Mercat Cross
Canmore ID 16134
Site Number NJ16NE 3
NGR NJ 17509 68636
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16134
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ16NE 3 17509 68636
For Duffus, Old Parish Church and Burial-ground (NJ 1751 6865), see NJ16NE 2.
(NJ 1750 6863) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A tall and elegant cross shaft apparently of 14th century date, about 14ft high, stands upon its original stepped base. An enriched band girdles the shaft near the top; the cross head is much weathered. It is in the care of the MoW.
V G Childe and W D Simpson 1961.
This cross is generally as described by Childe and Simpson (1961). Its shaft is almost 0.3m square; its base 0.9m square and 0.6m high, standing on one step 1.5m square and 0.2m high.
Visited by OS (R D L) 27 November 1962.
Photographic Survey (5 September 2013)
Photographed for the Listed Building Area Survey 2013-14.