Rosemarkie Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rosemarkie Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14347
Site Number NH75NW 3
NGR NH 7363 5752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14347
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH75NW 3 7363 5752
(NH 7363 5752) Cross (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
This was the site of Rosemarkie market cross. It was destroyed about 1835. It consisted of an octagonal sandstone slab, with a cap, standing on a plinth about 6' square and 2' high.
A J Beaton 1885.
The cross was still standing at the date of composition of the New Statistical Account (1839). This describes it as 'an ancient shaft of stone, forming the Cross of Rosemarkie, and bearing as capital a ducal crown'.
NSA 1845.