Description

DENWICK A 1068
NU 11 SE
(East side)
10/31 Malcolm's Cross and
31.12.69 remains of older
cross on west
II

Commemorative cross, 1774, with remains of medieval predecessor. Stepped base
carrying panelled pedestal; on west 'MALCOLM III KING OF SCOTLAND BESIEGEING
ALNWICK CASTLE WAS SLAIN HERE NOV. XIII AN MXCIII', on east 'MALCOLM'S CROSS
DECAYED BY TIME RESTORED BY HIS DESCENDANT ELIZ. DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND
MDCCLXXIV', on north crowned thistle and on south Percy lion on shield in
cusped quatrefoil with thistles in corners. Tapering shaft with hollow-
chamfered angles ornamented with dogtooth, with festoons and grotesque heads
at top; bracelet cross head with carved ornament and open centre.
On west is block inscribed 'THE ANCIENT PEDESTAL OF MALCOLMS CROSS KING OF
SCOTLAND', with part of bracelet cross head fixed into it.

Listing NGR: NU1905014756

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446083

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)