Dunfermline, East Port
Gate (14th Century)
Site Name Dunfermline, East Port
Classification Gate (14th Century)
Canmore ID 49348
Site Number NT08NE 26
NGR NT 09269 87483
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49348
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT08NE 26 0926 8747.
(NT 0926 8747) Site of East Port (NR)
OS 1:1056 map, Fifeshire, Dunfermline, (1854)
The East Port, which was situated near the E of High Street, was one of the six ports of the town of Dunfermline. These were probably built immediately after the burgh had received its charter from the abbot in 1395. The first actual mention of the port, however, occurs in 1488, and a stone bearing a rose, the initials W G, and the date 1609, which was inserted near the top of the E gable probably indicated repairs to the East Port and East Port House. The port was ordered to be demolished at a Town Council meeting on 8th October 1752.
E Henderson 1879; E Beveridge 1917; J M Webster 1953.
No further information.
Visited by OS (D W R) 18 February 1974.
