Old photograph of the Mercat Cross and Castle Street in Aberdeen, Scotland. Aberdeen's Mercat Cross was built in 1686 by John Montgomery, a native architect. This open arched structure, 21 feet in diameter and 18 feet high, is a large hexagonal base from the centre of which rises a shaft with a Corinthian capital, on which is the royal unicorn. The base is highly decorated, including medallions illustrating Scottish monarchs from King James I to James VII. Originally erected opposite the Mercat Cross, a statue of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, erected in 1844, was relocated to Golden Square.
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