Volume contents
- 1 - Forteviot , index
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- 95 - Forteviot , title page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CROSS (Sculptured) [Cross Park] | Cross Stone Cross Stone Standing stone of Bankhead |
The Hon. [Honourable] Lord Dupplin Estate Map New Stat. Acct.[Statistical Account] of Perthshire page 1173 |
109 | [Situation] On the Southern side of Cross Park A large stone cross standing in the south west corner of Dupplin demesne inside a small iron paling about twelve feet square the south side of which forms part of a paling or wire fence making a boundary between two parks . The cross stands rather in the north west corner of the small enclosure with its top inclined a little to the south east. Its standing limb is about eight feet high & twenty by fourteen inches square. Its cross limbs are each about three feet long & about twelve by ten inches square, & the cross itself stands in a sunken stone about four feet by three. The cross is covered over with emblematic figures in various forms, such as boars, circles &c and many things not for me to divine. People as well as Antiquarian adept have various opinions as well as conjectures respecting them |
Continued entries/extra info
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Sheet 109.3 Trace 3 -- Parish of Forteviot
STONE CROSS
There is a stone cross quite entire a good way up the rising
ground (Bankhead), on the opposite bank of the Earn almost
straight north from the ford by which Baliols army crossed
the river.
New Stat.Acct. [Statistical Account] p. [page] 1173-4
Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 30 - Parish of Forteviot, OS1/25/30
This volume contains information found in the parish of Forteviot.
Ordnance Survey - Perth county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.