Scone mercat cross
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Scone mercat cross
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 15 Jun 2013
This requires some explanation which I suspect only a local is qualified to give. But, as I understand it, the village of Old Scone was uprooted around 1804 and moved to New Scone where its church was rebuilt stone by stone and is still called Scone Old Parish Church. While the old village's mercat cross stayed behind—and still stands near its original location in the grounds of Scone Palace—the villagers erected this replica in New Scone. There, that wasn't as bad as I thought. The old cross can be seen here Image
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Image Location
Latitude
56.415725
Longitude
-3.405902