Brechin Town Hall and site of Mercat Cross
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Brechin Town Hall and site of Mercat Cross
Image: © Douglas Nelson Taken: 19 Mar 2016
The town hall is now a museum. It was from The Mercat Cross that James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure, in 1715, proclaimed James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James VII and known as the "Old Pretender", as King James VIII. Panmure went on to fight at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in November of the same year.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.731526
Longitude
-2.660426