New Mercat Cross
New Mercat Cross is a monument in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. New Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Wigtown Post Office, as well as near Sacred Heart Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sacred Heart Church and Wigtown Parish Church, Wigtown.
Sacred Heart Church
Church
Photo: Jamie Stuart 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacred Heart Church is situated 390 feet east of New Mercat Cross.
Wigtown Parish Church, Wigtown
Church
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Wigtown Parish Church, Wigtown is situated 1,300 feet northeast of New Mercat Cross.
Wigtown Castle
Archaeological site
Wigtown Castle was a royal castle that was located on the banks of the River Bladnoch, south of Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A castle was built in the 12th century. Wigtown Castle is situated 1,700 feet southeast of New Mercat Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigtown and Wigtown Harbour.
Wigtown
Town
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart.
Wigtown Harbour
Locality
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Wigtown Harbour or Wigtown Quay was relocated in 1818 to serve the town of Wigtown and its hinterland in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, following the silting up of the original natural harbour that was originally located near to St Machute's church.
Creetown
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland. Its population is about 750 people. Creetown is situated 3½ miles northeast of New Mercat Cross.
New Mercat Cross
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.86781° or 54° 52′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.44357° or 4° 26′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C6QVH94+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 256958568OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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