A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular...
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The Mercat Cross of Edinburgh is a market cross, which stands in Parliament Square next to St Giles' Cathedral, facing the High Street in the Old Town...
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Aberdeen's Mercat Cross was built in 1686 by John Montgomery, an Aberdeen architect. It is in the Castlegate area in the old burgh of New Aberdeen. This...
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Steeple, the surviving part of the 17th century Glasgow Tolbooth, and the mercat cross replica commissioned in 1929 by William George Black, and designed by...
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Perth mercat cross is located on King Edward Street in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross. Erected in 1913, in memory of Edward VII, it stands...
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Culross mercat cross is located in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Now Category A listed, its base dates to the original 16th-century mercat cross. Its shaft...
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Jerusalem cross (also known as "five-fold Cross", or "cross-and-crosslets") is a heraldic cross and Christian cross variant consisting of a large cross potent...
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A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular...
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Dunkeld market cross (colloquially Dunkeld mercat cross, also known as the Atholl Memorial Fountain), in the Scottish town of Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross...
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Mercat may refer to: Mercat cross Mercat Press A marketplace Characters: Mercat, a character in the series Gabby's Dollhouse Market (disambiguation) Mercator...
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the market square or market place, sometimes centred on a market cross (mercat cross in Scotland). They were and are typically open one or two days a...
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Old Scone mercat cross (also known as Old Scone market cross) is the sole remnant of the ancient Scottish town of Old Scone, which was dissolved in 1803–1804...
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Inverkeithing (section Inverkeithing Mercat Cross)
medieval friary in Scotland and one of the finest examples of a medieval Mercat Cross. Inverkeithing features on the Fife Coastal Path, one of Scotland's Great...
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Crail market cross is located in Crail, Fife, Scotland. Erected in the early 17th century and now Category B listed, it is a mercat cross with a square...
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Ormiston (section Mercat Cross)
the leadup to the American Revolution Ormiston Mercat Cross, Historic Scotland plaque Ormiston Mercat Cross Ormiston Yew, outside the town, one of Scotland's...
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moved to various locations: executions using it were carried out at the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, (off the High Street), the Castlehill and the Grassmarket...
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Alyth market cross is a mercat cross located in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Now Category B listed, it dates to 1670. It has a rectangular shaft...
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or "Scotland and England". The proclamation sent for reading at the Mercat cross of Edinburgh accordingly referred to the "late King of Grite Britane...
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conservation village. A notable remnant of this move is the village's mercat cross, which incorporates parts dating back to the 14th century. Due to the...
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Having fallen from his horse and about to be gored, he had a vision of a cross appearing between the animal's antlers, before it inexplicably turned away...
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consider it to encompass the square at the end of Union Street where the Mercat Cross and Gallowgate are located. At the upper end of Castlegate stands The...
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a short chain to a wall, often of the parish church, or to a tree or mercat cross. The collar was placed round the offender's neck and fastened by a padlock...
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The Canongate (section Historic crosses)
Canongate. There were three crosses on the Canongate section of the Royal Mile. The ancient Mercat Cross (Market Cross) or Burgh Cross is shown on Gordon of...
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Kilmaurs (section The Mercat Cross and Butter Market)
storey. Kilmaurs has a fine example of a stepped Mercat Cross in an enclosure behind it; this cross is surmounted by a large sandstone ball and dated...
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Meerkat Manor, a British television programme Mercat cross, the Scots name for a market cross Mercat Cross, Edinburgh This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Fair and St Congan's Fair — and founded a grammar school. Turriff's mercat cross, a red sandstone octagonal pillar, was built before 1557. Its base was...
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The Cross of Saint Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times, it...
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thistle appears together with a saltire on one of the escutcheons of the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh. The coat of arms and crest of Nova Scotia ("New Scotland")...
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larger stone beside the surviving tower of Clackmannan Tolbooth and the Mercat Cross at the top of Main street, Clackmannan. Clackmannanshire became known...
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Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile. According to Pitscottie, a former Provost of Edinburgh, Richard Lawson, who lived nearby, threw a coin at the Cross to...
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