Mercat Cross
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Mercat Cross
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 29 Jun 2013
A plaque beside the cross informs me that the Forres Market Cross was erected by public subscription in 1844 to a design by Thomas Mackenzie, Architext, Edinburgh, bearing a strong similarity to the Scott Memorial, Princes Street, Edinburgh. (See Image]) The structure incorporates the base of an earlier cross of 17th century origin.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.609776
Longitude
-3.613395