What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St James's Cross as Shrine (period Unassigned)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St James's Cross is associated with St James the Greater, one of the apostles traditionally venerated in Scotland, particularly in the north-east. Such crosses often marked sites of pilgrimage or ritual significance, and may have been linked to healing traditions or local Christian devotion.
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