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Aberdeen, Upperkirkgate Port
Gateway (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Upperkirkgate Port
Classification Gateway (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Upper Kirkgate
Canmore ID 146258
Site Number NJ90NW 24.02
NGR NJ 9414 0643
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/146258
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Publication Account (1997)
The Uppcrkirkgate port or Schoolhill Port stood on Schoolhill, just within the mill burn (see pp 11-13 for further information on the town's ports). It was probably in existence by the fifiecnth century. By the time of its demolition in 1794, a gallery or room had been constructed above it, which was perhaps erected as early as 1585. The port and gallery were purchased by the town council in 1793 for £ 140, and demolished a year later. To date there is no archaeological evidence of this structure.
Information from ‘Historic Aberdeen: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1997).
