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Dalmahoy Cross Slab is a medieval stone monument located at St Mary's Church in Midlothian, Scotland. The slab represents a form of Christian burial marker typical of medieval Scotland, when carved stone crosses served both as devotional objects and markers of significant graves within churchyards. Such monuments were frequently positioned near places of worship and reflect the religious life of their communities.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, Visean sedimentary rocks that form the underlying geology of this part of Midlothian. These ancient sedimentary deposits would have shaped both the landscape and the availability of stone for building and carving within the local area during the medieval period.
The cross slab is now protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1184, reflecting its importance as evidence of medieval Christian practice and stone-working tradition in the region. St Mary's Church itself serves as the focal point of this heritage site, maintaining the spiritual and historical significance that has drawn communities to this location for centuries.
Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1184. View the official record →
Dalmahoy Cross Slab is a medieval stone monument located at St Mary's Church in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1184.
Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cross slab,st mary's church. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tormain Hill,cup & ring marked rocks 700m NE of Bonnington Mains (1.7 km), Dalmahoy Hill, fort (2.4 km), Kaimes Hill,fort (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.