Mercat Cross
Mercat Cross is a monument in Scottish Borders, Scotland which is located on Market Square. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Melrose Library, as well as near the government office Registrar’s Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melrose Library and Priorwood Garden.
Priorwood Garden
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priorwood Garden is a garden in Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The garden contains an apple orchard of unusual apple trees. The flower garden is planted to supply the best samples for dry flower arrangements. Priorwood Garden is situated 380 feet northeast of Mercat Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melrose and Gattonside.
Melrose
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY 3.0.
Melrose is a town in the Borders Region of southern Scotland, with a population of 2,510 in 2016. It's nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, and service town for the Borders General Hospital.
Gattonside
Village
Photo: MH032, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gattonside is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is located 1 kilometre north of Melrose, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I.
Newstead
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newstead is a village in the Scottish Borders, about 1+1⁄4 miles east of Melrose. It has a population of approximately 260, according to the 2001 census.
Mercat Cross
- Type: Monument
- Address: Market Square, Melrose
- Category: historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.59726° or 55° 35′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.71937° or 2° 43′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C7VH7WJ+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5176299433OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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