What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Spynie Market Cross as Market Cross (period Unassigned). 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.
Spynie Market Cross is associated with St. Drostan, a 7th-century Pictish saint known for his healing miracles. The site may have been a place of pilgrimage and local tradition, reflecting the fusion of early Christian and pre-Christian ritual practices in the Pictish kingdom.
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Places near here
Spynie HouseCultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 345 yd
SpynieCottage (period Unassigned), Kiln (period Unassigned) · 345 yd
Spynie PalaceFlanged Axehead (bronze)(bronze Age), Flat Axehead (bronze)(bronze Age) · 393 yd
Spynie CanalCanal (19th Century) · 962 yd
Elgin, LesmurdieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Johnston's of Elgin Cashmere MillHeritage attraction · 1.5 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3921555.jpg?width=1280)
Pictish Symbol StoneMemorial · 1.6 mi
Elgin CathedralHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
Elgin Flood Alleviation Scheme memorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Elgin, High StreetNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Findrassie WoodForest · 1.9 mi
Elgin CastleCastle · 1.9 mi