Mercat
- the centre of a town mercat (or market) was marked in many Scottish towns with a wooden or stone cross. Some mercat crosses still survive, although now they are often historical monuments rather than a focal point for the community. Mercats could be arranged to serve all manner of different trades, and in medieval Scotland there were butter-mercats, cale-mercats (cabbage), clathe-mercats (cloth), corn-mercats, salt-mercats, timmer-mercats (timber), victuall-mercats and woll-mercats (wool). Many such markets have left their mark on local names, as for example the Grassmarket in Edinburgh.