Mercat Cross
Mercat Cross is a monument in East Lothian, Scotland. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery, as well as near the public building Corn Exchange.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Muir’s Birthplace and Dunbar railway station.
John Muir’s Birthplace
Museum
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
John Muir's Birthplace, in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, is a museum run by East Lothian Council Museums Service as a centre for study and interpretation of the work of the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir. John Muir’s Birthplace is situated 380 feet northwest of Mercat Cross.
Dunbar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbar railway station serves the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. It is 29 miles 5 chains from Edinburgh Waverley and 364.1 miles from London King's Cross. Dunbar railway station is situated 1,500 feet south of Mercat Cross.
Dunbar Collegiate Church
Church
Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbar Collegiate Church is renowned as having been the first collegiate church, in 1342, to have been established in the Lothians. The church was situated on the same site as the present-day parish church, on Queen's Road just south of Dunbar town centre. Dunbar Collegiate Church is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Mercat Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunbar and Belhaven.
Dunbar
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunbar is a harbour town in East Lothian, on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.
Belhaven
Suburb
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belhaven is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, and was originally the ancient port of Dunbar of which town the village has always been a part. Belhaven takes its name from its situation at the mouth of the Biel Water.
Broxburn
Hamlet
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broxburn is a hamlet consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn.
Mercat Cross
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.00211° or 56° 0′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.51572° or 2° 30′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C8V2F2M+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5584282990OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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