Market Cross (Old Rayne)

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The Old Rayne Market Cross is a market cross in the Scottish village of Old Rayne in the Council Area of Aberdeenshire . In 1972 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

Historically owned by the Bishops of Aberdeen , Old Rayne was given the rights of Burgh of Barony in 1492 . Associated with this were market law and the right to erect a market cross. According to other sources, Old Rayne was commissioned by Bishop William Elphinstone to build a market cross as early as 1472 .

Old Rayne has long held the Lawrence Fair , a large horse market, on the Wednesday after the first Tuesday of August. Today's market cross dates from the 17th century.

description

The Old Rayne Market Cross stands at the junction of Strathorn Road and Lawrence Road , the main thoroughfare of Old Raynes. It rests on a five-tier, circular plinth . From this rises the approximately 3.7 meter high octagonal shaft, on which iron clips for attaching standard vessels for measuring a joug can still be seen. The market cross closes with a wrought iron mast, which carries an iron flag with the Patrick's cross.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Old Rayne Market Cross  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
  4. ^ Rayne in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.

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Coordinates: 57 ° 20 ′ 38.9 "  N , 2 ° 32 ′ 31.9"  W.