Alternative Names Cathlaw House
Site type SOCKETED STONE
Canmore ID 47918
Site Number NS97SE 15
NGR NS 9892 7222
Council WEST LOTHIAN
Parish TORPHICHEN
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District WEST LOTHIAN
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NS97SE 15 9892 7222

(NS 9892 7222) Cross (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1968)

This square-dressed socket-stone of grey whin is 29" square and 16" above ground, the socket is 14 1/2" x 21 1/2" x 9 1/2" deep. Round the edge of the stone is a 4" splay. The edge round the socket has been chipped and rounded and a shallow channel formed at one corner, so that it may have been used as a trough. The cross formerly stood by the roadside, but the socket stone has been moved into its present position in the adjoining field, while the shaft was taken to Cathlaw House for building purposes (Name Book 1856).
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1923

This socket stone is as described.
Visited by OS (JP) 9 August 1974.

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey
Page(s): Book No.55, 71 Held at RCAHMS Ref

RCAHMS (1929) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Tenth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the counties of Midlothian and West Lothian, Edinburgh
Page(s): 241, No.392 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/10