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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACDUFF'S CROSS (Remains of) | Macduff's Cross (ancient) Macduff's Cross (ancient) |
Andrew Spence James Patterson Newburgh |
009 | [situation] About 2 3/4 miles west of Lindores. The remains of a stone Cross on the farm of the same name which forms a part of Newburgh Common. These remains at present consist of [a] block of Freestone three feet nine inches high, four feet seven inches long by two feet eight inches broad at its top. There are several holes or indentations on its different faces which local tradition says were nine in number, and in which nine rings were at one time fixed and no remains of the broken cross are to b seen in the neighbourhood. In Leightons Hist [History] of Fife page 177 it is stated that "This Cross like that at Mugdrum was dedicated to St. Magriddin who appeared to have been the patron saint of the district " in the same Vol [Volume] and page it is also said to have formed a girth or sanctuary for any of the Clan Macduff or related to the Chief within the ninth degree, who had been guilty of "Suddand Chaudmelle" or unpremeditated slaughter in consequence of this privilege, any requiring its security fled to the Cross, and taking hold of one of the nine rings, punishment was remitted on his washing nine times at the stone, and paying nine Cows and a 'Colpendach' or young Cow, the nine Cows being fastened to the rings, were the oblation offered to St Magridden - the Washings were nine, and a powerful spring called the "Nine Wells" where it is supposed the ablutions took place, still takes its rise at no great distance from the Cross. |
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67 Parish of Newburgh Plan 9B Edge Trace.
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