Alternative Names Kirkwall, Mercat Cross; Market Cross
Site type CROSS
Canmore ID 2523
Site Number HY41SW 15
NGR HY 4489 1089
Council ORKNEY ISLANDS
Parish KIRKWALL AND ST OLA
Former Region ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA
Former District ORKNEY
Former County ORKNEY

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Archaeological Notes

HY41SW 15 4489 1089 and 4494 1087.

(HY 4487 1089) Cross (NR)
OS 25" map, Orkney, 1st ed.,(1881).

'Town Cross - This cross now stands on the high ground at the E. end of Broad St., almost opposite the W. gable of the Cathedral, but the original site was near the foot of the Strynd. (B H Hossack 1900) Its N. face bears the date 1621.'
RCAHMS 1946.

The cross shaft and head are now preserved inside St Magnus Cathedral, against the east wall of the north transept. A replica has been erected on the original base, at HY 4489 1089, which is in situ.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 5 April 1964.

Hossack, B H (1900) Kirkwall in the Orkneys, Kirkwall
Page(s): 287 Held at RCAHMS D.9.3.KIR

RCAHMS (1946) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney and Shetland, 3v Edinburgh
Page(s): 162, No.421 Plate 42, fig.226 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/12