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Title
Mercat Cross
Date
1626 & 1992
Medium
sandstone
Accession number
KY12_AH_S009
Work type
Cross
Owner
Fife Council
Custodian
Fife Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Listing date
12/01/71
Access
at all times
Inscription description
commemorative plaque: MERCAT CROSS / THE MARKET CROSS (MERCAT IN SCOTS) / WAS DUNFERMLINE'S MAIN MEETING PLACE. / IN THE DAYS BEFORE NEWSPAPERS AND / TELEVISION, OFFICIAL PROCLAIMATIONS WERE / MADE HERE ATOP A STONE PLATFORM. / THIS CROSS DATES IN PART FROM / 1626 BUT HAS BEEN REBUILT AND / MOVED SEVERAL TIMES.; inscription to base of column: RE-ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / 5TH AUGUST 1868; other side of column: 1992