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Bowden, Market Cross

Market Cross (16th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Bowden, Market Cross

Classification Market Cross (16th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) War Memorial

Canmore ID 55650

Site Number NT53SE 40

NGR NT 55407 30521

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55650

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Bowden
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT53SE 40 55407 30521

(NT 5540 3051) Cross (NR)

OS 6" map (1967)

NMRS REFERENCE

Bowden Market Cross stands in the middle of the village and has been restored as a War Memorial, only the mutilated cross-head and the octagonal, stop-chamfered base being original. It dates from the late 16th century.

Bowden obtained the privilege of holding a market in 1571, this being the first non-burghal market licensed in Scotland.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1933

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

ORDNANCE SURVEY

This cross is as described above.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (EGC) 18 February 1961

Activities

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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