Market Cross, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Market cross.
Market Cross, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- blind-chamber-gorse
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Market cross
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
A market cross was erected in Old Aberdeen when it became a Burgh of Barony in the late 15th century. The surviving original parts of this cross suggest that it may date to the first quarter of the 16th century.
The only remaining original part of the 16th-century cross is the knop, decorated with four coats of arms including that of Bishop Gavin Dunbar (1518-32) surmounted by the remains of crouching beasts. The shaft was renewed in 1951, and the stepped base is modern.
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