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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STONE CROSS | Stone Cross Srone Cross Stone Cross |
Summer Life on Land & Water by W. W. Fyfe Mr A Mason Queensferry Mr. R. Burton Teacher Dalmeny |
003 | [situation] About 16 chains NNW [North North West] of Easter Dalmeny. This is the remains of an Ancient Stone Cross that once formed an object of devotional interest to the devotees of a former age journeying to the Shrine of St Margaret at Dunfermline - It occupies a very prominent place on Crossall Hill being placed on a high projecting ledge of rock rising nearly perpendicular from the roadway; Its appearance is very ancient and it Consists of an octagonal pedestal and about 18 inches of the shaft, loose in the socket, It has been attached to a square slab of dressed stone for preservation by the Earl of Roseberry |
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[page] 37Ph. [Parish] of Dalmeny -- Sheet 13. No.3 -- Trace 6
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