2015

NS8510 : Mennock Earthen Cross

taken 9 years ago, 3 km from Auchengruith, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland

Mennock Earthen Cross
Mennock Earthen Cross
The OS map shows an “Earthen Cross” next to the sheepfold in the Holmes of Mennock. On a previous visit, I could find no trace of anything old resembling the description and I wasn’t even really sure of what I was looking for. I considered the possibility that old stones had been used to construct the sheepfold but also that something might be visible from above. On my mid-April return visit, I climbed the slope and did find a large cross shape on the ground, easy to miss and difficult to capture in a photo being only 30-40cm high. Later I found confirmation of my observation in the website LinkExternal link
which I hadn’t found after my previous visit. It was rewarding to have worked it out for myself. The arms of the cross lie parallel to the road, with the shorter head pointing towards the river and the longer tail pointing to the bottom left corner of this photo.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Rivers, Streams, Drainage Religious sites Moorland other tags: Cross Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Road [11] · Looking [9] · Earthen Cross [3] · Slope [2] Other Photos: · Holmes of Mennock · Sheep fold, in the Mennock Pass ·
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Photographer
Mary and Angus Hogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 18 April, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 24 April, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8501 1047 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:22.4820N 3:48.9693W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8500 1055
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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