Dingleton
Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dingleton
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 55728
Site Number NT53SW 21
NGR NT 543 336
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55728
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53SW 21 543 336.
"A little to the SW of Dingleton, (NT 543 336) there was a famous cross, yet called Crosshillhead, but anciently the Halesing of St Wada, for these that come from the South had first a view of the Church here, and the tomb of St Waldere".
A Milne 1743
St Waltheof or Waldeve died AD 1160.
A P Forbes 1872
Local enquiries produced no further knowledge of this cross or its site.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 February 1961
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council