@mercatcrosses

IN SEARCH OF MERCAT CROSSES

The Quest

TO FIND ALL 126 MERCAT CROSSES STILL STANDING IN SCOTLAND.

Having visited a fair few mercat crosses before we had the idea to post about them online, I have decided to start afresh!
I’ll be posting on instagram too- find me @mercatcrosses

The crosses we’ve seen in the last few years are listed below 🙂

Aberdour

Aberlady

Burntisland

Clackmannan

Crieff (kept out of public view at the moment)

Culross

Dunbar

Edinburgh Royal Mile (High Street)
Edinburgh Royal Mile (Canongate)

Glasgow

Gullane

Inverary

Kirkwall

Melrose

North Berwick

Peebles

Prestonpans

Stirling

Wigtown

A day in Melrose…

May 2, 2026

It has been such a long time (a very, very long time) since we lasted posted of our jaunts about toons with a mercat cross. But, here we are, a return! After a rather spontaneous train trip to Melrose from our fair city, we struck out to visit the newly reopened Melrose Abbey ~ a … More A day in Melrose…

The Mercat Cross of Peebles

On a recent trip to Peebles I managed to not only find their mercat cross but also the ruined church that supposedly contains the remains of the one and only St. Nicholas. Who knew Santa ended up in Peebles?! The mercat cross here has some neat attributes & is quite interesting to look at – … More The Mercat Cross of Peebles

The Mercat Cross of Prestonpans

November 24, 2018

“The most handsome mercat cross in Scotland” When I have a free day to seek out a mercat cross, I instantly think I need to travel far. So I was surprised to find that Prestonpans has one of the best mercat crosses I’ve ever seen and is less than a half hour drive away from … More The Mercat Cross of Prestonpans