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Kincardine On Forth, High Street, Market Cross

Market Cross (17th Century)

Site Name Kincardine On Forth, High Street, Market Cross

Classification Market Cross (17th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Mercat Cross

Canmore ID 48126

Site Number NS98NW 8

NGR NS 93120 87515

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Tulliallan
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Dunfermline
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NS98NW 8 93120 87515

(NS 9312 8751) Cross (NR)

OS 6" map, (1966)

Kincardine market cross, standing at the S end of the High Street, consists of an octagonal shaft with a moulded base and capital, placed on a rise of six octagonal steps. Above the square abacus is a stone sculptured with the arms of the Earls of Kincardine on the one side and a thistle ornament on the other. The cross must be later than 1647. when the Earldom was created.

RCAHMS 1933.

The market cross is in good condition and as described.

Visited by OS (M H) 13 July 1953.

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Field Visit (22 June 1925)

Market Cross, Kincardine-on-Forth.

The market cross stands at the southern end of the High Street, and consists of an upright octagonal shaft with moulded base and capital, placed on a rise of six octagonal steps having a spread of 14 ½ feet. Above the square abacus is a stone sculptured with the arms of the Earls of Kincardine on the one side and a thistle ornament on the other. The arms are: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, a lion rampant; 2nd and 3rd, a saltire and chief. The shield is flanked by two men in armour as supporters, is surmounted by a coronet and helm, mantled and wreathed, and has for crest a naked arm, flexed, issuing out of a cloud and holding a man's heart. The cross must be later than 26 December 1647, when the Earldom was created.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 22 June 1925

Photographic Survey (1949)

Photographs of buildings in Kincardine on Forth, Fife, by the National Buildings Record Scottish Council in 1949.

External Reference (4 February 2014)

The Mercat cross was removed for restoration on January 30th 2014. The base stone shows a date 1830, research dates the stone about the mid 1650s.

Information from A Stocks, 4 February 2014

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