Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross is a monument in , , . Mercat Cross is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wine Tower and Fraserburgh Lifeboat Station.

Kinnaird Head is a headland projecting into the , within the town of , , on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights. is situated 1,400 feet north of Mercat Cross.

Building
is located in the harbour town of , in the north-east corner of , . A lifeboat was first stationed at Fraserburgh in 1805, later becoming the first Scottish station of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in 1858. is situated 460 feet east of Mercat Cross.

Stadium
is a football ground in in north-east Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Fraserburgh. It is located on Seaforth Street in the centre of the town and has a capacity of 3,000 with 480 seated. is situated 1,600 feet south of Mercat Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fraserburgh and Kinnaird Head.

is a fishing port in , with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

Locality
is a headland projecting into the , within the town of , , on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights.

Suburb
is a community situated in in the north east of . It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of .

Mercat Cross

Latitude
57.69367° or 57° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.00515° or 2° 0′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C9VMXVV+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5584511986
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
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