Mercat Cross, Fortrose
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Mercat Cross, Fortrose
Image: © Alpin Stewart Taken: 9 Mar 2014
The Mercat (Market) Cross in the Royal Burgh of Fortrose stands on the corner of Academy Street and High Street. The Canmore website of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) suggests that the cross may date to about 1590 when the town became a royal burgh. A photograph on the site taken in 1961 shows that the ground floor of the building on the corner was formerly occupied by a butcher's shop.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.580972
Longitude
-4.132139