Elgin, North College Street, Elgin Cathedral, Enclosing Wall And Gates
Gate (Medieval), Wall (Medieval)
Site Name Elgin, North College Street, Elgin Cathedral, Enclosing Wall And Gates
Classification Gate (Medieval), Wall (Medieval)
Canmore ID 16585
Site Number NJ26SW 1.01
NGR NJ 22150 63170
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16585
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 1.01 22150 63170
(Centred NJ 2215 6317) Remains of the Precincts of the Cathedral (NR)
(NJ 2230 6293 & 2231 6284) Wall (NR) (Twice)
OS 25"map, (1905)
Of the Precinct wall itself, 12ft in height with three other gateways (additional to Pans Port - NJ 2231 6297) and over half a mile in circuit, nothing now remains but a short section adjoining Pans Port, and two other fragments to the south-west. The back wall of No.36 South College Street is also part of the Cathedral Precinct Wall. R Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
Only two fragments of the wall are now extant. One is at NJ 2227 6284, preserved within a fenced enclosure. It is an angled fragment of wall 8.5m long, 2.0m thick and 2.7m maximum height. The other is a 27.0m length of wall at NJ2231 6295 south of Pans Port, with a maximum height of 2.4m.
Visited by OS (R D L) 13 December 1962.
