What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Liberton Tower, Cross as Cross (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to early Christian tradition, the cross at Liberton Tower may have once marked a holy site or waystation associated with local saints or pilgrimage routes. No specific saint or cure is recorded, but such crosses often had ritual or devotional significance in medieval Scotland.
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Places near here
Edinburgh, 144 Liberton Drive, Old White CottageCottage (18th Century) · 37 yd
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Edinburgh, Liberton Drive, Liberton House, DovecotDovecot (17th Century) · 432 yd
Liberton Tower Mains farmCastle, fort or tower · 667 yd
Edinburgh, Liberton BraeHuman Remains (period Unassigned), Coin(s) (period Unassigned) · 770 yd
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Agassiz RockNamed rock · 904 yd
Edinburgh, Liberton Brae, Liberton Cemetery ExtensionCemetery (20th Century) · 938 yd
Edinburgh, Liberton Brae, Liberton Cemetery, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 960 yd
Royal Observatory, EdinburghHeritage attraction · 1315 yd
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