Mercat Cross, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Monument.

Mercat Cross, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NT 300 687
Coordinates
55.90681, -3.1197
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mercat Cross in Gilmerton, Edinburgh, was built in 1892 and is located southeast of the stables. It features a large sandstone ashlar cross with cruciform arms, which is mounted on a tall polygonal column. The base is square and includes an inscription. This structure is a facsimile of the shaft and capital of the Edinburgh Mercat Cross.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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