Location
OS Map Reference
NJ 724 497
Date
1865
Description
The present 20 foot high cross was erected in 1865 and is made from red sandstone like most of the town. Octagonal pillar rises from a Gothic style base by James Duncan with sculptures by Thomas Goodwillie
Related Information
Turriff's original Mercat cross was erected in 1512 signifying the town's right to have a market. Site of market cross; originally stood E of the present cross in the High Street. It consisted of an upright pillar raised on a pedestal of circular steps; removed in 1865. The present market cross does not incorporate any part of the old cross.
Era
1800s
Information Source
'The Bard o' Buchan Volume 1' by Stanley Bruce ISBN 0-9547960-2-0
and Banff and Buchan an illustrated architectural guide, Charles McKean, Edinburgh 1990 ISBN 185158 231 2
Abdns SMR
Categories
Iconography
- cross, Celtic
Photographer
- Stanley Bruce
Unavailable Data
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