South Queensferry, Edinburgh Road, Crossall Hill
Cross Base (Early Medieval)
Site Name South Queensferry, Edinburgh Road, Crossall Hill
Classification Cross Base (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Dalmeny House Policies; Leuchold Gate
Canmore ID 50492
Site Number NT17NW 12
NGR NT 1490 7791
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50492
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Dalmeny
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
Crossall Hill, Dalmeny, West Lothian, cross-base
Measurements: L 1.04m, W 1.04m, H 0.31m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 1490 7791
Present location: in situ on the south side of the B 924 on Crossall Hill.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded by Drummond in 1860, at which time there was no shaft present.
Present condition: .
Description
This is a plain square cross-base with a hollow socket 0.37m square and 0.23m deep. It is set on a larger sandstone plinth, which is assumed to be relatively modern.
Date range: uncertain.
References: Drummond SAS 386; Coles 1899, 338.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NT17NW 12 1490 7791.
(NT 1490 7791) Cross (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1968)
Only the socket-stone remains of the cross which stood here. It measures 3 1/2' x 3 1/4', with its corners roughly bevelled, and in its centre is a 15" square socket, 10" deep. This stone is embedded in a modern sandstone base, 5 1/4' square, and in the socket there is a loose stone, which does not appear to have formed part of the original monument. It is commonly assumed that this cross marked the spot that gave pilgrims their first sight of Dunfermline Abbey.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; F R Coles 1899; A Macdonald 1941
As described.
Visited by OS (BS) 15 August 1974