Mercat Cross, Edinburgh
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The Mercat Cross of Edinburgh is a market cross, which stands in Parliament Square next to St Giles' Cathedral, facing the High Street in the Old Town of Edinburgh.
The Mercat Cross viewed from within Parliament Square looking across the Royal Mile with the pediment of Edinburgh City Chambers in the background.
Part of the original cross-shaft in the city's Huntly House Museum
Royal Unicorn on the Cross
The 'Maiden', used for beheadings in 16th and 17thC Edinburgh
Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh
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The Old Tolbooth was an important municipal building in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, for more than 400 years. The medieval structure, which was located at the northwest corner of St Giles' Cathedr
An 18th or 19th c. engraving, after an 18th c. painting by Alexander Nasmyth
Model of the Old Tolbooth, exhibited in the Museum of Edinburgh in Huntly House on The Canongate. The execution platform can be seen projecting from the building.
Door of the tolbooth, built into a side wall of Sir Walter Scott's House at Abbotsford
An early 19th-century engraving showing the west gable of the "Heart of Midlothian" (centre right).