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Gifford, The Square, Market Cross
Market Cross (Late 18th Century)
Site Name Gifford, The Square, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Late 18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mercat Cross
Canmore ID 56155
Site Number NT56NW 5
NGR NT 53374 68018
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56155
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Yester
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT56NW 5 53374 68018
For adjacent pump, see NT56NW 44.
(NT 53374 68018) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map (1970)
The shaft of Gifford Market Cross is circular on plan, finished with a moulded finial, standing on a circular base which rests on a square block with hollowed corners and three square steps.
J W Small 1900
This cross is as described.
Visited by OS (BS) 27 July 1975
Market Cross of 1780 with a heraldically topped shaft and ball finial on an older stepped base.
C McWilliam 1978
Only the base of Gifford Market Cross is old, the rest having been reconstructed in 1952.
J Knight and J Gifford c.1980.
Non-Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC23809- DC23813, 1900, 1954- 1955.
