Market Cross, High Street, Dunfermline is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Market cross.

Market Cross, High Street, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NT 091 874
Coordinates
56.07142, -3.46166
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in High Street, Dunfermline, is a sandstone ashlar structure from the later 19th century, with a shaft added in the late 20th century. It features a stepped octagonal base that is inscribed with 'RE-ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION ... AUGUST 1868'. Above this base is a circular shaft, which is dated 1992, topped with a carved unicorn that holds a Scottish shield on a square pedestal. The pedestal displays heraldic carvings on each side, including the burgh arms of Dunfermline and a shield with a lion rampant on the front. The underside of the pedestal is adorned with foliate carvings.

Local climate

Market Cross, High Street, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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