Dunkeld mercat cross - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Dunkeld mercat cross - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Dunkeld market cross (colloquially Dunkeld mercat cross, also known as the Atholl Memorial Fountain), in the Scottish town of Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, is in the form of a drinking fountain. A Category B listed structure in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, it was designed by Charles Sandeman RobertsonAtholl Memorial Fountain – Dunkeld Catherdral official website and erected in 1866 as a monument to the George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl.Monument to 6th Duke of Atholl, The Cross, High Street – Historic Environment Scotland It replaced a cross that was about high, with four iron jougs attached to it.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 437 Read more on Wikipedia
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