Edinburgh, 172 Canongate, Moray House, Garden Gateway

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Gateway (17th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 172 Canongate, Moray House, Garden Gateway

Classification Gateway (17th Century)

Canmore ID 135136

Site Number NT27SE 29.02

NGR NT 26392 73663

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/135136

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DP 160522

General view of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh, from SW.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

20/8/2013

DP 160524

Detail of carvings on E elevation of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

20/8/2013

SC 1391108

Patersons Land and gateway from West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

5/4/2001

SC 2734217

Edinburgh, Canongate, Moray House, NT27SE 340, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

DP 160523

General view of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh, from NE.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

20/8/2013

DP 160525

Detail of carvings on W elevation of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

20/8/2013

SC 2574323

Patersons Land and gateway from West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

5/4/2001

SC 2574322

Patersons Land and gateway from West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

5/4/2001

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Administrative Areas

Council Edinburgh, City Of
Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
Former Region Lothian
Former District City Of Edinburgh
Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 29.02

(Built probably in late 1620's as garden gate for Moray House; possibly reconstructed/re-sited since then. Renaissance gateway of polished ashlar in the grounds of Moray House.)

HBD No. 762A

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