Mercat Cross
Mercat Cross is a monument in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to the community center Coldingham Village Hall, as well as near Coldingham Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Abb’s Head and St Abbs Church, St Abbs.
St Abb’s Head
Nature reserve
Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire, Scotland, and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and began service on 24 February 1862. St Abb’s Head is situated 2 miles northeast of Mercat Cross.
St Abbs Church, St Abbs
Church
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Abbs Church, St Abbs is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Mercat Cross.
St Abb’s Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Abb's Head Lighthouse stands on the cliffs at the rocky promontory of St Abb's Head, near the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire. A signal station was established on the cliffs before 1820 and the facilities were shared by Trinity House and Her Majesty's Coastguard. St Abb’s Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles north of Mercat Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coldingham and St Abbs.
Coldingham
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coldingham is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies a short distance inland from Coldingham Bay, three miles northeast of the fishing village of Eyemouth.
St Abbs
Village
St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s.
Reston
Village
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Reston is a village located in the southeast of Scotland, in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders region. The village lies on the western bank of the Eye Water. Reston is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mercat Cross.
Mercat Cross
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Coldingham Cross”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.88681° or 55° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.15762° or 2° 9′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C7VVRPR+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2815671766OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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