Market Cross, Saltoun Square, Fraserburgh is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Market cross.

Market Cross, Saltoun Square, Fraserburgh

WRENN ID
high-stair-jay
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Market cross
Address
Market Cross, Saltoun Square, Fraserburgh, AB43 9DA
OS grid reference
NJ 997 670
Coordinates
57.69367, -2.00518
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Saltoun Square, Fraserburgh, dates back to 1736, as indicated by the inscription "L A S 1736" on the shaft. It features an oval shaft topped with a coat of arms, and it stands on a cruciform granite base that was added around 1845.

Local climate

Market Cross, Saltoun Square, Fraserburgh receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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