page_title: Kilwinning Abbey
section_title: Saint Winning's Cross
hierarchical_section_title: Kilwinning Abbey / Saint Winning / Saint Winning's Cross
caption_attribution_description: English: Saint Winning's Cross, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_page_description: Kilwinning Abbey is a ruined abbey located in the centre of the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.
context_section_description: Dobie records that the only surviving remnant of 'Popery' was the Cross on the main street. In the 19th century a replacement was made of wood and was no longer a place of worship or of miracle cures. This is most likely the Mercat Cross, a modern replica of which stands on the Main Street in Kilwinning.
  Dobie also records that a recent building had incorporated in its gable end a stone from the abbey representing scripture scenes. This fragment of a more ancient cross, St Winning's Cross, is said to have been originally erected at the first church built by Saint Winning and was dedicated to Saint Bridget and to the Virgin Mary. Miracles are said to have taken place at it.
  The surviving shaft segment is housed in the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre, Saltcoats and carries a double-beaded interlace pattern on one side, whilst the other has a carving of David sitting with a harp; David on horseback carrying a spear; and a lamb being attacked by a lion. It has been suggested that David symbolises the power of good preventing evil in the form of the lion, from harming the weak; the lamb. The cross's style places it within the Govan School, with similarities to crosses at Govan, Barochan, and Inchinnan. Two additional sections of this cross were recovered during the excavations in Kilwinning Abbey undertaken in the 1960s, these portions of the cross are held by Historic Scotland.
caption: The Mercat Cross in Kilwinning
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