# Perth mercat cross > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Perth_mercat_cross > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Perth_mercat_cross.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_mercat_cross > Source revision: 1325642444 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish memorial cross}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Perth mercat cross | other_name= Perth market cross | native_name = | native_language = | image = Mercat Cross, Perth.JPG | caption = The mercat cross in 2013, looking southeast towards [King Edward Street](/source/King_Edward_Street_(Perth%2C_Scotland)). [Perth City Hall](/source/Perth_City_Hall) is in view on the left | locmapin = Scotland Perth and Kinross | coordinates = {{coord|56.39587|N|3.43026|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | location = King Edward Street, [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Scotland), [Perth and Kinross](/source/Perth_and_Kinross), Scotland | area = | built = {{start date and age|1913|p=yes}} (current version) | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = }} '''Perth mercat cross''' is located on [King Edward Street](/source/King_Edward_Street_(Perth%2C_Scotland)) in the Scottish city of [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Scotland), [Perth and Kinross](/source/Perth_and_Kinross). Erected in 1913, in memory of [Edward VII](/source/Edward_VII), it stands immediately to the west of [Perth City Hall](/source/Perth_City_Hall), which was completed a year later, between it and [St John's Centre](/source/St_John's_Shopping_Centre_(Perth)). King Edward Street was created between 1901 and 1902. It is the fifth incarnation of the city's mercat crosses. == Previous versions == left|thumb|The site of the second mercat cross, on Perth's High Street The site of the original mercat cross is not known. The second of the crosses stood near [The Old Ship Inn](/source/The_Old_Ship_Inn) on Perth's [High Street](/source/High_Street_(Perth%2C_Scotland)),[https://www.electricscotland.com/history/perth/ ''Perth, the Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill in 2 volumes''] – Samuel Cowan J.P. (1904), chapter 3 between Kirkgate and [Skinnergate](/source/Skinnergate),[https://canmore.org.uk/site/28310/perth-high-street-market-cross Perth High Street, Market Cross] – [Canmore](/source/Canmore_(database)) during the 17th century. It replaced the original one on the same spot. A special stone in today's pavement marks its former location. The cross was removed in 1651 by the engineers of [Oliver Cromwell](/source/Oliver_Cromwell), during his occupation of the city, to provide material for his citadel at the northeastern corner of today's [South Inch](/source/South_Inch). A third version of the cross was erected in 1669,''Perth: The Postcard Collection'', Jack Gillon (2020) {{isbn|9781398102262}} after the restoration of [Charles II](/source/Charles_II_of_England). Since 1765, the top part of this cross, which was demolished, has stood in the grounds of [Fingask Castle](/source/Fingask_Castle). A fourth cross was the hub of the four routes of the [Perth Corporation Tramways](/source/Perth_Corporation_Tramways), but it was deemed to be an obstruction to street traffic, hence its removal.''Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes'' – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 6 The design of today's cross is closely based on the original.{{cite web|url=http://www.perthcivictrust.org.uk/staging/?page_id=480|title=Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times|publisher=Perth Civic Trust|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926192844/http://www.perthcivictrust.org.uk/staging/?page_id=480|url-status=dead}}[https://canmore.org.uk/site/28385/perth-south-inch-cromwellian-citadel Perth, South Inch, Cromwellian Citadel] - Canmore.org.uk{{Cite web |url=http://www.perthcity.co.uk/index.asp?pg=61 |title=Cromwell's Citadel |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=24 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824192418/http://www.perthcity.co.uk/index.asp?pg=61 |url-status=dead }}''Perth, A City Again'', Duncan. J. (2012), p. 299 ==Design== The cross features the crests of thirteen town [guild](/source/guild)s, although none of them have any information attached to them. ==Gallery== File:Perth mercat cross (c. 1913).jpg|The second of the two crosses that stood on High Street, today marked with an inlay in the brick surface File:St John's Shopping Centre 2024 2.jpg|Looking northwest to St John's Centre File:Perth mercat cross detail.jpg|Carving detail File:Mercat Cross (geograph 7105929).jpg|The top of a 17th-century incarnation of the cross, now located in the grounds of [Fingask Castle](/source/Fingask_Castle) ==See also== *[Mercat cross](/source/Mercat_cross) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Scotland Category:1913 establishments in Scotland Category:Monumental crosses in Scotland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Perth mercat cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_mercat_cross) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_mercat_cross?action=history)). 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