Aberdeen, Town Gates
Gateway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Town Gates
Classification Gateway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20144
Site Number NJ90NW 24
NGR NJ 9409 0682
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20144
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 24.00 94 06
For burgh and town of Aberdeen, see NJ90NW 201.
NJ90NW 24.01 ('A': NJ 9409 0682) Gallowgate or Causey Port [NR] (site of)
NJ90NW 24.02 ('B': NJ 9414 0643) Upperkirkgate Port [NR] (site of)
NJ90NW 24.03 ('C': NJ 9421 0629) Netherkirkgate Port [NR] (site of)
NJ90NW 24.04 ('D': NJ 9455 0642) Justice or Thieves Port [NR] (site of)
NJ90NW 24.05 ('E': NJ 9454 0635) Futtie Port [NR] (site of)
NJ90NW 24.06 ('F': NJ 9435 0616) Trinity or Quayhead Port [NR] (site of)
OS 25" map, 1955.
Aberdeen is said to have had no town walls, but it had six gates or 'ports' all built before 1440. About 1768 the council decided that these were such an obstruction to traffic that they should be demolished. By the end of the 18th century they had all been removed and neither sketch nor description survives.
W Macfarlane 1906-8.
