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The '''Mercat Cross''', or Market Cross, formerly stood in the [[High Street]] where it opens up into a square space (sometimes referred to as "the square" or even "the cross"). It is now marked by the shape of a cross in the cobbles hear the [[Fountain]]. | [[File:Mercat Cross, Falkland.JPG|thumb|The Cross in 2017]]The '''Mercat Cross''', or Market Cross, formerly stood in the [[High Street]] where it opens up into a square space (sometimes referred to as "the square" or even "the cross"). It is now marked by the shape of a cross in the cobbles hear the [[Fountain]]. | ||
It probably gave its name to [[Cross Wynd]] and [[Cross House]]. | It probably gave its name to [[Cross Wynd]] and [[Cross House]]. | ||
"No-one knows what it was like nor what became of it, but it stood, as you do now, at the centre of Falkland" | "No-one knows what it was like nor what became of it, but it stood, as you do now, at the centre of Falkland."<ref>''[[A Falkland Guide]]'' page 11.</ref> | ||
'''See map''': [[Map T]] (24); [[Map D]] (19). | |||
what3words: [https://what3words.com/comforted.spend.deeds ///comforted.spend.deeds] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
==Further images== | |||
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File:Mercat Cross drawing.jpg|Drawing by A.C.K. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:demolished buildings]] | [[Category:demolished buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]] | [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:44, 8 February 2024
The Mercat Cross, or Market Cross, formerly stood in the High Street where it opens up into a square space (sometimes referred to as "the square" or even "the cross"). It is now marked by the shape of a cross in the cobbles hear the Fountain.
It probably gave its name to Cross Wynd and Cross House.
"No-one knows what it was like nor what became of it, but it stood, as you do now, at the centre of Falkland."[1]
See map: Map T (24); Map D (19).
what3words: ///comforted.spend.deeds
Notes
- ↑ A Falkland Guide page 11.
Further images
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Drawing by A.C.K.
