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Description: | An eighteenth-century sandstone Gothic cross. Three steps lead to a pedestal surmounted by a square shaft, chamfered and dogtoothed at the corners with a cross fleuris on top. The pedestal is decorated with relief carvings of the arms of Scotland on the south face and of a Scottish crown and thistle on the north face. The shaft is decorated with grotesque mask heads. On the ground nearby there is the base and fragment of the head of the medieval cross which formerly stood on the spot. Additional Information: The cross marks the spot where Malcolm III (? - 1093), 'the first king of Scotland who is more than a name', was killed during the siege of Alnwick in 1093.(1) Malcolm succeeed his father Duncan I after he had defeated Macbeth in 1054. During a turbulent reign he invaded Northumberland on no fewer than five occasions.(2) | Subjects: | Cross | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Stonemason: Not known | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7529... | Go to resource |
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