Mercat Cross, The Square, Cullen is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Mercat Cross, The Square, Cullen
- WRENN ID
- muted-pedestal-shade
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Mercat Cross, The Square, Cullen, AB56 4RR
- OS grid reference
- NJ 512 671
- Coordinates
- 57.69108, -2.81955
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mercat Cross in The Square, Cullen, was originally built in 1675 and completed in 1695. It was first located near the Old Cullen church but was moved to Castle Hill around 1820, likely remodeled and overseen by William Robertson. In 1872, it was relocated to its current site and re-erected by architect John Miller.
The cross features an octagonal base made of polished ashlar, specifically Moray sandstone, with buttresses and crocketted pinnacles. It is topped by a slender octagonal shaft that culminates in a finial. The north face of the cross has a re-set cartouche, which is probably medieval, depicting the Virgin and Child. The structure was repaired around 1985.
Local climate
Mercat Cross, The Square, Cullen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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