Mercat Cross
Mercat Cross is a monument in Highland Council, Scotland. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Cromarty Courthouse Museum, as well as near Hugh Miller Museum & Birthplace Cottage.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cromarty Lighthouse and Cromarty Harbour.
Cromarty Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Michael Shepherd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cromarty Lighthouse is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Mercat Cross.
Cromarty Harbour
Dock
Photo: Lirazelf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cromarty Harbour is a dock, which is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Mercat Cross.
North Sutor Battery
Ruins
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Sutor Battery is a ruins, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Mercat Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cromarty and Nigg.
Cromarty
Town
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cromarty is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is 5 miles seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast.
Nigg
Village
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Nigg, is a village and parish in Easter Ross, administered by the Highland Council. It lies on the north shore of the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. The Cromarty Firth has long served as a deep-water harbour. Nigg is situated 3 miles north of Mercat Cross.
Barbaraville
Village
Photo: William Grierson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland, and hisotrically split between Ross-shire and a portion of Cromartyshire. Barbaraville is situated 4 miles northwest of Mercat Cross.
Mercat Cross
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.68009° or 57° 40′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.03104° or 4° 1′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C9QMXJ9+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 13018451774OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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