Mercat cross
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mercat-cross-193-6257617
title:
Mercat cross
text:
A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. It therefore served a secular purpose as a symbol of authority, and was an indication of a burgh's relative prosperity. Historically, the term dates from the period before 1707, when the Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state, but it has been applied loosely to later struc
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Scottish historic structure
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercat_cross
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date modified:
2023-08-03T20:01:28Z
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image:
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