Market Cross, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Market cross.

Market Cross, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
blind-chamber-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NJ 939 084
Coordinates
57.16699, -2.10228
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Old Aberdeen was built when the area became a Burgh of Barony in the late 15th century. The original parts that still exist indicate that it may date back to the early 16th century.

The only surviving original feature of the 16th-century cross is the knop, which is adorned with four coats of arms, including that of Bishop Gavin Dunbar, who served from 1518 to 1532, and is topped with remnants of crouching beasts. The shaft of the cross was replaced in 1951, and the stepped base is modern.

Local climate

Market Cross, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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