The Crosshall Cross is a

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at Crosshall Farm, Eccles, in the

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area of

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, in historic

Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of ...

. The cross is situated near Crosshall farmhouse and is said to date from the 12th century, after the

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. It is ca. 3 metres high and is thought to be a memorial stone of someone who had been to the Holy Land. The

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may be that of the Soulis family. Other places nearby include Fogo,

Gavinton Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at . History Gavinton is a relatively new ...

, the

Greenknowe Tower Greenknowe Tower is a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Although a roofless ruin, the stonework of the tower is well preserved, and represents a fine example of a later tower house, bui ...

Greenlaw Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of ...

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Leitholm Leitholm ( sco, Leithowm) is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, north-west of Coldstream, in the former county of Berwickshire. Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Duns, Eccles, Ednam, Fogo, Greenlaw, Hume Cast ...

Longformacus Longformacus ( gd, Longphort Mhacais) is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is around north-west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its conflu ...

, Polwarth,

Westruther Westruther is a village on the B6465, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Lammermuir Hills, in the former Berwickshire. The largest town nearby is Gordon. Places nearby include Duns, Greenlaw, the Lammermui ...

References

* Hardy, J (1885e), 'On the ancient cross at Crosshall, in the Parish of Eccles, Berwickshire', ''Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, vol.10'', page 368 * Robertson, R (1792), 'A description of an ancient obelisk in Berwickshire: with an engraving', ''Archaeol Scot, vol.1'', 269 illustr

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CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Crosshall, Eccles Cross; Carved Stone; Crosshall Farm; DeadriggsScottish Borders Heritage: Crosshall crossCrosshall Farm, site of cross
{{coord, 55.67281, -2.38265, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Archaeological sites in the Scottish Borders High crosses in Scotland Monumental crosses in Scotland Monuments and memorials in Scotland Scheduled monuments in Scotland

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