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The Crosshall Cross [1] is a wheel-headed cross at Crosshall Farm, Eccles, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in historic Berwickshire.

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The cross is situated in a field close to a road about 350 metres south-west of Crosshall farmhouse [2] and is said to date from the 12th century, after the Second Crusade. It is 452 centimetres (14 ft 10 inches) [3] in height and is thought to commemorate someone who had been to the Holy Land. The coat of arms may be that of the Soulis family.

Descriptions of this monument differ greatly as to which images are recognisable on the various faces of this structure, but some authors report a host of details. A selection of reports:

A collection of photographs, sketches, and paintings of the Cross from various angles may be viewed at canmore.org.uk: Depictions of the Crosshall, Eccles Cross.

On the opposite (northern) side of the road that passes the cross once stood a row of houses, now demolished (2024). An older painting from the above stated Canmore website depicts two entrances to adjacent, presumably thatched roof houses. [5] A series of photographs taken years later from behind the cross display a row of at least 5, then slate-roofed houses. [6] [7]

Other places nearby include Fogo, Gavinton, the Greenknowe Tower, Greenlaw, Hume Castle, Leitholm, Longformacus, Polwarth, Westruther.

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References

  1. ↑ James Hardy (1855). "On the ancient cross at Crosshall, in the parish of Eccles, Berwickshire". History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Berwickshire Natur Club 10). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Crosshall". The Berwickshire Place-Name Resource, University of Glasgow. 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Index card for the Crosshall, Eccles Cross, NT74SE 5". canmore.org.uk. 1983. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography". Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton. 1854. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ↑ J Drummond. "Drawing of Eccles Market Cross at Crosshall". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "South face showing a carved sword beneath a carved shield, houses in background". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "West face (of cross), houses in background". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

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