Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross is a monument in Highland Council, Scotland. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Fortrose Cathedral, as well as near Mackerchar Hall Garden of Remembrance.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fortrose Cathedral and King George’s Fields.

Fortrose Cathedral

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Fortrose Cathedral was the episcopal seat of the medieval Scottish diocese of Ross in the Highland region of Scotland near the city of Inverness. It is probable that the original site of the diocese was at Rosemarkie, but by the 13th century the canons had relocated a short distance to the south-west, to the site known as Fortrose or Chanonry. Fortrose Cathedral is situated 340 feet east of Mercat Cross.

King George’s Fields

Recreation area

A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V. In 1936, after the king's death, Sir Percy Vincent, the then–Lord Mayor of London, formed a committee to determine a memorial that was not solely based on the idea of a statue. King George’s Fields is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Mercat Cross.

Groam House Museum

Museum

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Groam House Museum is a museum of Celtic and Pictish Art. Located in the village of Rosemarkie in the Black Isle, Scotland, its collection contains both the Rosemarkie Stone, one of the major surviving examples of Pictish art in stone, and the Rosemarkie sculpture fragments, that are 14 stone fragments, the most well-known being Daniels Stone. Groam House Museum is situated 1 mile northeast of Mercat Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortrose and Rosemarkie and Fortrose.

Fortrose and Rosemarkie

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Fortrose and Rosemarkie are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands. In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.

Fortrose

Town

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Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about six miles northeast of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Chanonry Point, a nearby headland projecting into the Moray Firth, is a popular location for dolphin spotting.