Mercat cross plaques
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The photograph on this page of Mercat cross plaques by kim traynor as part of the Geograph project.
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Mercat cross plaques
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 25 Jun 2013
Portraits of Scotland's King James IV and his spouse, Mary Tudor, who were united matrimonially in 1503 in the so-called "Marriage of the Thistle and the Rose". The lower plaque explains that it was near this spot that the Queen was ceremoniously presented with the lands of Ettrick Forest as part of her dowry. The wooden-crate effect is from preparations to erect a platform for the ceremony commemorating this event at the cross on Braw Lads' Day, due to take place the following weekend. For a later view of the same without the wooden frame, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.614283
Longitude
-2.810437