Haddington Cross
Introduction
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Haddington Cross
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 17 Apr 2011
Note the goat atop the cross. For an explanation, see Image C J Burnett, Dingwall Puirsuivant, wrote in 1986, "There is a local Haddington tradition that a carved stone goat stood on top of the old mercat cross before it was replaced by the present Victorian structure. Unfortunately this was not so as a fragment remains of the former finial (...) and there is clear evidence that it was a Royal Unicorn which decorated the old cross."
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Image Location
Latitude
55.955308
Longitude
-2.77751