Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714935

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 278 25707 73625

The 6-storeyed tenement at the top of Advocate's Close dates from the 18th century, incorporating earlier work. Doorways on the E side of the Close bear the initials of Clement Cor and his wife Helen Bellenden, and date 1590, with the motto BLISSIT. BE.GOD.OF.AL.HIS.GIFTIS and SPES.ALTERA.VITAE. 17th-century circular stair tower at rear.

RCAHMS 1951.