Aberdeen, The Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral, Gate Lodges
Gate Lodge (19th Century), Wall (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, The Chanonry, St Machar's Cathedral, Gate Lodges
Classification Gate Lodge (19th Century), Wall (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Chanonry Port; Cluny's Port, Chaplain's Port
Canmore ID 20217
Site Number NJ90NW 9.01
NGR NJ 93868 08720
NGR Description and NJ 93875 08714
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20217
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 9.01 93868 08720 and 93875 08714
For cathedral gateway (Chanonry Arch) at NJ 9387 0871, see NJ90NW 9.34.
('A' NJ 9372 0882) Site of Chanonry Port (NR)
('B' NJ 9390 0850) Site of Cluny's Port (NR)
('C' NJ 9405 0864) Site of Chaplain's Port (NR)
('D' NJ 9413 0876) Site of Port (NR)
OS 25" map, (1926).
The cathedral precincts were enclosed by a high stone wall with four 'ports' or gates. The Chaplain's Port, 'C' was erected c 1532 and stood until at least 1725, 'Cluny's Port', 'B', stood until the close of the 18th century ; the unnamed port, 'D', was erected c 1429 but no trace remains of any of them, or of the wall.
W Kennedy 1818; Name Book 1866.
Visited by OS (JLD) 12 September 1952.
