Elgin, North College Street, Elgin Cathedral, Pans Port And Precinct Wall
Gateway (Medieval), Wall (16th Century)
Site Name Elgin, North College Street, Elgin Cathedral, Pans Port And Precinct Wall
Classification Gateway (Medieval), Wall (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bishop's Gate; East Port; Eastern Gate; Pan's Port; Pann's Port; Pansport Road; Water Yett
Canmore ID 16591
Site Number NJ26SW 1.07
NGR NJ 22319 62974
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16591
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 1.07 22319 62974
(NJ 2231 6297) Pans Port (NR)
OS 25"map, (1871)
Of the Precinct wall itself, 12ft in height with three other gateways (additional to Pans Port - NJ 2231 6297) and over half a mile in circuit, nothing now remains but a short section adjoining Pans Port, and two other fragments to the south-west. The back wall of No.36 South College Street is also part of the Cathedral Precinct Wall. R Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
Only two fragments of the wall are now extant. One is at NJ 2227 6284, preserved within a fenced enclosure. It is an angled fragment of wall 8.5m long, 2.0m thick and 2.7m maximum height. The other is a 27.0m length of wall at NJ2231 6295 south of Pans Port, with a maximum height of 2.4m.
Visited by OS (R D L) 13 December 1962.
The arch to the SE of the Cathedral is known as the Panns Port or Water Yett and represents the eastern gateway to the Cathedral and College precinct.
R Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
Panns Port; Pann's Port; Pans Port; The Water Gate Bishop's Gate, Eastern Gate.
L Shaw 1882.
Panns Port
H B Mackintosh 1924.
The Pans Port is at NJ 2232 6297.
Visited by OS (R D L) 13 December 1962.
