“Mercat Cross, High Street, Inverness, with unicorn” by Andrew Davidson (original) (raw)

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Unicorn on the Mercat Cross

Andrew Davidson

1900

Bronze

High Street, Inverness

Although the shaft of the Grade B listed Mercat (or Market) Cross is an ancient one, probably dating from the late sixteenth century, the cross was restored in 1900, and at that time Davidson carved the unicorn finial for it (see Gifford 195). The unicorn is the traditional heraldic beast of Scotland. It supports the arms of Inverness.

Photograph © Kim Traynor, and commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee.

Kim Traynor's image was originally posted here on the Geograph website, and is available for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Licence. [Click on the picture to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]

Bibliography

"2. Inverness City." www.clandavidson.org.uk (this has a closer view of the unicorn). We. 19 December 2017.

Gifford, John. Highland and Islands. The Buildings of Scotland. London: Penguin, 1992.

"Inverness High Street, Market Cross, Inverness." British Listed Buildings. Web. 19 December 2017.

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