@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

Cumnock

Dunbar

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

Glasgow

Gullane

Inverary

Kirkwall

Melrose

Musselburgh

North Berwick

Ormiston

Peebles

Prestonpans

Scone (banner image)

Stirling

Wigtown

The Mercat Cross of Glasgow

Built in the Year of Grace, 1929The Merchant City. From my years of wandering from the train station (or the bus station in the good ol’ days of the £1 Megabus!) to the Barras for a gig, the Mercat Cross of Glasgow became a key focal point navigating my way around the city. The CrossLocated … More The Mercat Cross of Glasgow

The Mercat Cross of Melrose

And there she was! Standing proudly in amongst the blooms of the town square (triangle?) the beautiful unicorn topped mercat cross! … More The Mercat Cross of Melrose

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…