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Crieff, High Street, Burgh Cross

Cross Slab (early Medieval)
Crieff, High Street, Burgh Cross
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crieff, High Street, Burgh Cross 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.
Early Medieval cross slab, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with the spread of Christianity in Perthshire; may have served as a boundary marker or preaching stone. Local tradition sometimes links such crosses to saintly figures or protective rituals.

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