Site Represents a site. Prim Media 18 Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Markets in Perth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived reconsites Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 7 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.396708020451335,-3.4279395639896397; Description An account of the resource Look for the octagonal stone in the middle of the High Street. This is where Perth’s Mercat Cross stood in Medieval times. It was a large eight-sided rotunda with a stone pole, symbolising the town’s right to hold markets and used as focal point for public life. Proclamations, entertainment, punishments, gossip, it all happened here. Markets were held on set days and were crowded, noisy and smelly affairs. Specific markets had designated trading areas to help orientation and confining their dirt to one place. On market days, animals were brought into Perth on the hoof and slaughtered in clear sight of the buyers, offals and blood then cleaned away by porters. Fish was sold in Watergate, near the harbour; while salt was sold in Salt Vennel. You could also buy your ale, bread, vegetables and fruit, and many imported goods from England, Scandinavia and fine wines from France, all arriving by waterway and unloaded in Perth harbour at the end of the High Street. On special days throughout the churches’ calendar, fairs would be held and the merriment was enlarged by entertainment, big crowds, noisy celebrations and lots of trading from further afield than on a normal market day. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 19/03/2021 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 09/10/2021 05:15:34 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Markets in Perth Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT