Mercat Cross, High Street, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Mercat cross.

Mercat Cross, High Street, Dunbar

WRENN ID
last-tracery-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Type
Mercat cross
OS grid reference
NT 679 789
Coordinates
56.0021, -2.51573
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mercat Cross in Dunbar is a 16th-century structure featuring an octagonal shaft made of weathered ashlar. It is located at the re-entrant angle of the Town House to the south. The shaft has symmetrical cap and base mouldings, and at the top, there are three skewputt details adorned with carved grotesque mask heads. Additionally, there is a weathered remnant of a thistle finial.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, High Street, Dunbar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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