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Edinburgh, Grassmarket, West Port
Gateway (15th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Grassmarket, West Port
Classification Gateway (15th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Bow Port; Portsburgh
Canmore ID 52146
Site Number NT27SE 14.01
NGR NT 2530 7330
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52146
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 14.1 2530 7330
West Port succeeded the earlier West Bow Port (West Bow: NT 254 734) and was in existence by 1437. It stood, on the line of the later Flodden Wall, at the W end of the Grassmarket and opened roads to Queensferry and Glasgow. Stark (1806) notes that although the Port had been removed, the wall still remained on both sides.
J Stark 1806; A T Simpson, S Stevenson and N Holmes 1981.
No trace.
Visited by OS (JLD) 29 December 1953.
Wester Portsburgh was outside the West Port
Portsburgh Street - unlocated at time of upgrade, 3.2.2000
Sources: Dean of Guild. Bundle 1812. January-June. 20.2.1812
Pet. George Tweedale, mason and Allan Boak, tanner.
To demolish and rebuild.
Plan and elevation. unsigned. 3 floors.
