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Innerleithen Parish Church

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art

<b>Innerleithen Parish Church</b>Posted by MartinImage © Martin
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Nearest Town:Innerleithen (0km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):   NT332369 / Sheet: 73
Latitude:55° 37' 15.47" N
Longitude:   3° 3' 39" W

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Failed visit 25.7.17

How many churches can one (relatively) small place have? Clearly one too many for me as I failed to find the right church!

I visited 5 - one converted to appartments, one in the process of conversion and 3 wrong ones!

If you happen to know which is the correct church perhaps you can provide the name and directions on how to find it - for people like me! :)
Posted by CARL
25th July 2017ce

Sunday 2/11/03
This site is usually described as a 'runic cross'. There are no runes on it and neither is it a cross. It's a cup and joined-ring marked stone almost 1 metre high and oblong in section. It sits on a modern engraved sandstone plinth dwarfed by the church immediately behind it (one of my friends has the original plinth as a feature in his extensive gardens!). The cup and ring markings are executed in the classic style- by a pecking technique which makes me think that this stone is somewhat much older than the proposed 8th century- the design certainly is. All four sides of the stone are decorated with the same pattern. I can't find any evidence to suggest that this stone actually formed part of a cross- I guess it was assumed so as it was found in the foundations of an old church which used to stand on this site. However- how many churches have been built on top of Neolithic or Bronze Age monuments?
Posted by Martin
5th November 2003ce
Edited 7th December 2005ce

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Innerleithen Parish Church on BRAC Updated


Innerleithen Parish Church on BRAC Updated
Posted by markj99
30th March 2021ce

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Posted by Martin
5th November 2003ce