What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Rothesay Castle, but the lost cross may have stood where men gathered, prayed or marked a boundary. Bute kept that absence alive because people still recognize the place and imagine the shape that disappeared.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Rothesay, Rothesay Castle, Cross Slab as Cross Slab (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Rothesay Castle on the Isle of Bute was built in the late 13th century by King Alexander III of Scotland, later expanded by his granddaughter, Queen Margaret, and remembered for its strategic role in controlling the Firth of Clyde and the Western Isles. The cross slab is an early medieval Christian monument, likely predating the castle, indicating the site's long historical and religious significance.
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Places near here
Rothesay CastleRuins · 29 yd
Bute, Rothesay, Rothesay CastleCastle (13th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) · 31 yd
Bute, Rothesay, King Street, Ardbeg Baptist ChurchChurch (20th Century), House (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 55 yd
Bute, Rothesay, Castlehill Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 62 yd
Bute, Rothesay, Montague StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 106 yd
Bute, Rothesay, Market CrossMarket Cross (15th Century) · 106 yd
Bute MuseumMuseum · 108 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Bute, Rothesay, High Street, Market CrossMarket Cross (20th Century) · 114 yd
Bute, Rothesay, High StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 138 yd.jpg?width=1280)
War MemorialMemorial · 167 yd
Rothesay Victorian ToiletsHeritage attraction · 256 yd
Alexander Bannatyne Stewart StatueMemorial · 357 yd