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Latitude: 54.8678 / 54°52'4"N
Longitude: -4.4436 / 4°26'37"W
OS Eastings: 243279
OS Northings: 555292
OS Grid: NX432552
Mapcode National: GBR HHDV.98Z
Mapcode Global: WH3TT.QX55
Plus Code: 9C6QVH94+4G
Entry Name: New Market Cross, The Square, Wigtown
Listing Name: The Square, New Market Cross
Listing Date: 20 July 1972
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388975
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42437
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Wigtown, The Square, New Market Cross
ID on this website: 200388975
Location: Wigtown
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Wigtown
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
Tagged with: Market cross
Dated 1816. Octagonal, granite market cross circa 40 high. Set on octagonal paving 4 steps to buttressed pedestal, off-set buttresses dividing pointed arch panels; frieze and cornice above; octagonal base to shaft above with gablet caps to each face; gablet caps to octagonal shaft bearing cross finial. Plaque to W face of pedestal.
Sited at W end of The Square, between North and South Main Streets, the new market cross is paired with the old market cross. It was formerly surrounded by railings, Groome describes the Monument as being constructed to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
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