Market Cross, Church Street, Cromarty is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 December 1980. Cross.

Market Cross, Church Street, Cromarty

WRENN ID
fallen-parapet-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 December 1980
Type
Cross
Address
Market Cross, Church Street, Cromarty, IV11 8XA
OS grid reference
NH 789 673
Coordinates
57.68008, -4.03105
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross on Church Street in Cromarty is a tall, flat octagonal structure made of ashlar stone. It stands on a three-step plinth and features a worn cross finial at the top. Below the cross, there are incised mouldings. The cross is inscribed with the years 1378 and 1770, along with the initials G.R.

Local climate

Market Cross, Church Street, Cromarty receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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