Monument record MHG8522 - Catherine's Cross

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8284 8046 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH88SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish FEARN

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NH88SW 1 8284 8046.
Catherine's Cross (NR) (Site of) OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed. (1906)

Catherine's Cross was at one time situated on a small conical mound, where an annual market was held by people of Tain, but was removed many years ago (ONB 1871).
Crois Caitrion may have been a girth cross of Tain (Watson 1904).
An inquest of 1439 (copy in burgh records (info from municipal corp records)) refers to the girth between four crosses which marked the four corners (OPS 1855).
Name Book 1871; W J Watson 1904; Orig Paroch Scot 1855.

The site of Catherine's Cross appears to be a natural mound, covered with dense whin bushes.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 September 1977.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 36, No. 343.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1904. Place names of Ross and Cromarty. 33.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 29, 95.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 428.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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