Market cross, Shepton Mallet
Introduction
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Market cross, Shepton Mallet
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 7 Mar 2012
The market cross or butter cross was built by Walter Buckland around the year 1500 and was generally used by farmers who sold their butter, eggs, milk and poultry under its stone gallery.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.190793
Longitude
-2.546862
