Mercat Cross, Lossiemouth is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Monument.

Mercat Cross, Lossiemouth

WRENN ID
tangled-parapet-dock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NJ 235 703
Coordinates
57.71669, -3.28448
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mercat Cross in Lossiemouth dates from around 1700. It features a worn circular shaft that is mounted on a later stepped circular base.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, Lossiemouth sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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