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Publication Account
Date 1951
Event ID 1097499
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1097499
60. The Telfer Wall.
An account of the building of the Telfer Wall- really an extension of the Flodden Wall (No. 59) -together with a description of its course will be found in the Introduction ([RCAHMS 1950] p. lxv). All that now survives of it is a stretch running S.E. for a distance of 130 yds. along the E. side of the Vennel from the tower mentioned at the beginning of No. 59. It is rather thicker than the Flodden Wall, and is built of much larger stones. From the demolished part material has been taken and re-used to construct the S. end of the W. boundary-wall of Heriot's Hospital, which follows the course of the Telfer Wall.
RCAHMS 1951
