Market Cross

Market Cross is a monument in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Market Cross is situated nearby to the church Kinross Gospel Hall, as well as near Kinross Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch Leven railway station and Lochleven Castle.

Loch Leven railway station

Historic site

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Leven railway station served the burgh of Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland from 1860 to 1921 on the Kinross-shire Railway. Loch Leven railway station is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Market Cross.

Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Lochleven Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Market Cross.

Kinross House

Building

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kinross House is a late 17th-century country house overlooking Loch Leven, near Kinross in Kinross-shire, Scotland. Kinross House is situated 2,400 feet east of Market Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinross and Balado.

Kinross

Photo: Euchiasmus, Public domain.

Kinross is a small town in Perth and Kinross, 13 miles south of Perth. With a population of 5650 in 2021, it stands on the shores of Loch Leven, with the scarp of the Lomond Hills looming to the east and a mysterious giant golf ball to the west.

Balado

Village

Royal Air Force Balado Bridge or more simply RAF Balado Bridge is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2 miles west of Kinross, in central Scotland. Balado is situated 1½ miles west of Market Cross.

Milnathort

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milnathort, Scottish Gaelic: Muileann Choirthe, is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of Perth and Kinross. Milnathort is situated 2 miles north of Market Cross.

Market Cross

Type: Monument
Inscription: “The old Town Cross Removed 1824 Restored 1886”
Category: historic site
Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.20128° or 56° 12′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.42134° or 3° 25′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C8R6H2H+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5634755839

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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