Houses at the Watergate - Foot of Canongate

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11270

Title

Houses at the Watergate - foot of Canongate

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1858

Size

17 x 14.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

No.10 in volume.

Annotation below title reads 'Part of these still remains (1902).

The Watergate was an arched gateway into the Canongate. Standing immediately to the north of Abbey Strand infront of Holyroodhouse it was the principle entrance to the Canongate from the east. It was not a fortified gate, but provided a degree of security and was used for the collection of customs. Its name stems either from the Tummel Burn which crossed the road at this point, or from a large pond nearby used for watering horses. The gate was blown down in the 1820's, and the replacement did not survive beyond the mid 1900's.

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