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Title
Mercat Cross
Date
1885
Medium
Hermand sandstone
Measurements
H 1200 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
EH1_GB_S016
Work type
Cross
Custodian
City of Edinburgh Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Unveiling date
23rd November 1885
Listing date
14/12/70
Access
at all times
Inscription description
DEO GRATIAS / VETUSTUM MONUMENTUM CRUCEM BURCI / EDINENSIS PUBLICIS MUNERIBUS AB ANTIQUO DICAM / ICTU MALE OMINATO A S MDCCLVI FUNDITUS EVERSAM / CARMINE TAM EXIMIO QUAM VIRILI A SUMMO HOMINE GUALTERO / SCOTT ET VINDICATAM ET DEFLETAM PRAESULIBUS / MUNICIPII PERMISSU REDINTEGRANDAM CURAVIT GUL E GLADSTONE / STIRPE ORIUNDUS PER UTRAMQVE LINEAM PENITUS SCOTICA / A S MDCCCLXXXV IE NOVEMBRIS XXIV; on arms of the Canongate: SIC ITUR AD ASTRA (‘Thus they go to heaven’); on arms of Leith: PERSEVERE