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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 drawing.jpg|thumb|Drawing by A.C.K.]]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]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 16 January 2021
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]
Notes
- ↑ A Falkland Guide page 11.