Cockburnspath, The Square, Market Cross
Market Cross (Medieval)
Site Name Cockburnspath, The Square, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Cockburnspath Village Square
Canmore ID 58853
Site Number NT77SE 14
NGR NT 77430 71100
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58853
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cockburnspath
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT77SE 14 77430 71100
(NT 77430 71100) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map (1971)
Cockburnspath Market Cross comprises a cross-shaft 10ft 4 ins high, standing on an irregularly stepped base of three tiers and a scoket stone 2ft 10 ins square and 10 ins high. The E and W faces of the cross-head have a thistle conventional design carved in relief on each side, while the other two faces are decorated with roses. The cross was restored in 1908. It is not earlier than 1503, the date when the emblems of the thistle and the rose, which appear on the cross, came into being together (J Hardy 1879).
J Drummond 1863; J W Small 1900; RCAHMS 1915.
This market cross, standing in the centre of Cockburnspath village square, is as described by the previous authorities. The whole structure is well weathered.
Visited by OS (JLD), 25 October 1954.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 5 April 1966
Field Visit (April 1912)
67. Market Cross, Cockburnspath.
This cross (fig. 29 [SC 1172968]) stands in the centre of the village square and consists of an irregularly stepped base of three tiers measuring some 11 feet 3 inches square at the ground level and diminishing to a socket stone 2 feet 10 inches square and 10 inches in height supporting a cross-shaft splayed at the angles and measuring about 13 inches square and 10 feet 4 inches in height. The east and west faces of the cross-head, which develop to a width of about 15 inches, have a thistle of conventional design carved in relief on each side; while the other two surfaces to the north and south are decorated with roses treated in the same conventional style. The stepped base was greatly weathered and decayed prior to 1908, when it was restored and put in a good state of repair.
See Small's Crosses, pl. 28 (illus.); Antiquities, iv. p. 91 (illus.)
RCAHMS 1915, visited April 1912.
OS Map: Ber., i. SW.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
