Site type MARKET CROSS
Canmore ID 20070
Site Number NJ90NW 165
NGR NJ 9449 0637
Council ABERDEEN, CITY OF
Parish ABERDEEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District CITY OF ABERDEEN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ90NW 165 c. 9449 0637.

Gordon, writing in 1661, notes and shows on the accompanying map, two market crosses in Castlegate (Castle Street). One, the high cross or flesh cross, is noted on NJ90NW 32. The other, the fish cross, where a daily fish market was held, is shown on his map in approximately the same position as that occupied by the present market cross (NJ90NW 23).
J Gordon 1842.

Gordon, J (1842) Abredoniae utriusque descriptio: a description of both touns of Aberdeen, by James Gordon Parson of Rothemay, with a selection of the charters of the burgh, Edinburgh
Page(s): 13 Held at RCAHMS D.5.13.ABE.R

Smith, L (1836) Smith's pocket guide to the city of Aberdeen and its environs, Aberdeen, printed by J Davidson and Co, 68 Broad Street
Page(s): 5 Held at RCAHMS D.5.13.SMI.R