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Old Market Cross

Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Old Market Cross, Newtownards, Ards and North Down, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Market
Date of construction
1600 - 1649
Address
Old Market Cross, Castle Place, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3JF
Townland
Newtownards
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.59250, -5.69327
Date of survey
09 September 1998
HB reference
HB24/13/006

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The Fourth table of Ireland. Ultonia Oriental (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1794 · Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Octagonal ‘market cross’ of 1636 (?largely rebuilt in1666), in Scrabo sandstone with carved panels to faces. See SMR Dow 6:20.

Historical information

This market cross was built by Hugh Montgomery (or his son and heir) in 1636, though sources suggest it was extensively repaired (?or even rebuilt) in 1666. See SMR Dow 6:20.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Octagonal market cross of 1636 in Scrabo sandstone.
This structure is a Scheduled Monument, and therefore afforded statutory protection.

General comments

As a Scheduled Monument, this building enjoys statutory protection.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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